Monuments of the First Duke of Sutherland in Trentham and Lilleshall, 1833
Following the death of the first Duke of Sutherland in 1833, monuments of the Duke were erected in Trentham and Lilleshall. The minutes featured above are from a meeting held at the Trentham Inn on 30th ...
Report on Work at Trentham Hall, 1839
Amongst papers relating to the remodeling of Trentham Hall in the 1830s is a ‘Report of Works’ which were being undertaken at the Hall. Dating 14th May 1839’, the report tells us about each room in the ...
Rooms on the Ground Floor of West Hill: The Breakfast Room or Study, 1824
The Breakfast Room, or Study at West Hill featured some of the most ‘handsome’ furniture in the mansion house. A steel stove and fender are both described as ‘elegant’, as is the six foot six ‘Rosewood ...
Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860)
Charles Barry is described by M. H. Port as ‘Britain’s leading architect’ of the first half of the nineteenth century.
From an early age Barry exhibited an enthusiasm and aptitude for drawing. Aged ...
Sir Charles Barry's Trentham Hall, 1834
In 1834 George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the second Duke of Sutherland, employed Charles Barry to remodel Trentham Hall and its gardens. Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) had grown in ...
The Bakehouse at West Hill, 1824
West Hill had its own bakehouse which baked and provided bread for the household. The bakehouse had its own ‘bread oven and stove’ with a three foot ‘kneading trough’ and ‘flour bin’.
Baking tins, ...
The Blue Bedroom, West Hill, 1824
The Blue Bedroom at West Hill contained a considerable amount of furniture, including a ‘Fourpost Bedstead with Wainscot feet posts’. This bedstead is described as featuring a ‘handsome white shell & ...
The Butler’s Sleeping Room, West Hill, 1824
The Butler at West Hill had a sleeping room in the Basement of the house. A stove and fender were housed in this room, alongside a ‘Mahogany folding linen airer’ and a ‘Fourpost Bedstead’. This bedstead ...
The Conservatory at West Hill, 1824
In addition to the hot houses, West Hill had its own Conservatory which was also used for growing exotic fruits. Eight 'fine orange trees in pots’ were kept in the Conservatory, which also housed a ‘wire ...
The Farm House at West Hill, 1824
The West Hill estate included a Farm House and extensive agricultural lands. The Inventory lists a Farm House which contained two bedrooms, a washhouse, a kitchen and a scullery. Aside from the Farm House ...
The First House at Trentham, 1540-1591
James Leveson’s son Sir Richard Leveson and his wife Mary inherited Trentham when James died in 1545. Mary outlived her husband by over thirty years and had a long association with the first Trentham ...
The Gardeners at West Hill, 1824
West Hill’s extensive lands included a productive garden where vegetables and fruit were grown. The Inventory lists a ‘Flower Gardeners House’ which appears to have had one living room and an adjoining ...
The 'Groom of the Chambers' Room, West Hill, 1824
Adjoining the Upper White Dressing Room at West Hill was the 'Groom of the Chambers' Room. Like many of the rooms on the second floor, this room featured ‘Holland Roller’ window blinds and a number of ...
The Housekeeper's and Butler’s Accounts for Trentham Hall, 1682
Amongst the account books for Trentham Hall during the later seventeenth century is a volume of accounts kept by the Housekeeper and Butler at the Hall. The image above is an extract from this volume, ...
The Housemaid’s Room, West Hill, 1824
The Housemaid and Butler at West Hill were housed on the basement floor of the mansion house. The inventory of furniture in the Housemaid’s Room includes two ‘copper tea kettles’, a mahogany chair, a ...
The Large Upper White Bedchamber, West Hill, 1824
One of the most extravagantly decorated rooms on the second floor of West Hill was the Large Upper White Bedchamber.
Amongst the more lavish items which the room contained was ‘a Capital 5ft6 Fourpost ...
The Leveson Family & Trentham Priory
The Leveson family first became associated with Trentham in 1540. In 1536 Trentham Priory was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. A successful wool merchant from Wolverhampton, James ...
The Library and Servant's Room at Trentham Hall
Amongst the papers of Sir John Leveson Gower, first Earl Gower (1694-1754) is a document entitled ‘An Estimate for the workmanship of the Carcase of a building design’d for a Library and Servants Room ...