Fisherwick Park Photos

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These photos are displayed here by kind permission of the William Salt Library and remain their copyright.

	Skeffington’s Elizabethan Style Mansion demolished about 1766		The house and park to the design of Capability Brown was completed in 1774. The house measured 180 feet across the front, 70 feet each side of portico.
	'DISTANT View of FISHERWICK, and of the GREENHOUSE, 1786.' Showing the Hall across grounds, with horses and riders, and deer in the foreground.' Watercolour by I. Spyers		'DISTANT View of the SOUTH and WEST FRONTS of FISHERWICK.' Showing the hall across grounds with walkers and deer in the foreground. Watercolour by I. Spyers
	'EAST View of FISHERWICK, taken in the MEADOW.' Showing the hall across grounds with walkers and people hay-making in the foreground. Watercolour by I. Spyers		'NEAR VIEW of the PORTICO SOUTH FRONT of FISHERWICK, 1786.' Showing the Hall across grounds with walkers, horses and cattle in the foreground. Watercolour by I. Spyers
	View of Fisherwick's south portico front 1786 Watercolour by I. Spyers		'The NORTH and EAST FRONTS of FISHERWICK, with the Distant View of the MARQUEE, 1786.' Showing the the large hall and stables across a lake, with swans on. There are people in the gardens. Watercolour by I. Spyers
	1797 engraving for Rev Stebbing Shaw’s book on the History of Staffordshire
	An early 19th century illustration of how Fisherwick Park might look if decreased in size. This was never carried out; it was totally demolished.		An early 19th century illustration of how Fisherwick Park might look if decreased in size. This was never carried out; it was totally demolished.