Where Am I? No. 234 - Another one of those houses

[arthurk]

I don't think it is Longford House though am happy to be proved wrong.

Gate posts are different, front door in Caz's picture is to the centre of the building under the middle windows - windows are different size.

I'm with Rosie on this - particularly re the position of the doorway. I'd also be rather surprised if so many additions had been made to an old house (extensions, pediment(?) etc) in a reproduction style. Longford House as seen here looks to be mostly built all at the same time.

[cazza59]

I don't think it is either. Similar but just not quite on the money. 

[Rosinish]

I agree it's not Longford House,

1'st thing I noticed was bottom windows are out of line before looking at anything else although I agree at a glance it looks very similar.

Annie

[cazza59]

Just keeping this one in the mix as well, but don't hold out much hope.

Caz

[Ruskie]

At least we have a county Caz. That's more to go on than usual.

(I don't think it is a match with Longford House either. )

Were there any other photos purchased at the same time as this one Caz? (wondering if there might be something identifiable in "the lot"). It's a fairly generic looking Georgian (country?) house. If it still survives (please let's hope it does) it may be an hotel, or worse, split into flats. 

Windows open as is the norm with your photos Caz. 

[cazza59]

Sadly these were another mixed job lot.  It infuriates me that people buy albums and then remove all the photos, mix them all up and sort into batches for sale.  Some are literally torn out and have half the backing of the album still stuck to them. There's every chance the locations were written on the albums or on the backs of the photos.   Some I can tell came from the same album because they match in dimension and paper thickness so I assume the same camera was used, but on the whole, they are just a jumbled mess of historic photos that between myself and Rootschat are being preserved!

Caz

PS I forgot we know the county! 

[djm297]

We might not know the current county though:

These are the Staffs boundary changes throughout the years from Wikipedia!

1888: Those parts of the town of Tamworth lying in Warwickshire, and those parts of Burton upon Trent lying in Derbyshire were ceded to Staffordshire. Lichfield ceased to be a county in its own right.
1891: Harborne became part of the county borough of Birmingham and thus transferred from Staffordshire to Warwickshire.
1895: a small section containing the villages of Shatterford and Upper Arley was transferred to Worcestershire.
1911: Handsworth became part of Birmingham, then in Warwickshire.
1928: Perry Barr was ceded to Warwickshire, also as part of Birmingham.
1966: Smethwick and Rowley Regis became part of Worcestershire, as components of the newly formed borough of Warley. Dudley was ceded from Worcestershire, having absorbed the Staffordshire towns of Sedgley, Coseley and Brierley Hill into its local authority.
1974: Under The Local Government Act 1972, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and West Bromwich (plus Warley and Birmingham) became part of the newly formed West Midlands County.
1994: The western/southern shores of Chasewater, were acquired from the West Midlands, transferring from the Walsall local authority into Lichfield District Council.

[cazza59]

Well that confuses things ever so slightly....

[Ruskie]

Frustrating to hear that Caz - it is probable that there would have been some further identifying information in each individual album.

Yes djm, good point about boundary changes. At least we know general part of the country - which is still more than usual.