The Duke Of Cumberland - Stone, UK
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dtrebilc
N 52° 54.097 W 002° 08.745
30U E 557458 N 5861668
This blue commemorates the Duke of Cumberland staying in what was at the time a Georgian town house.
Waymark Code: WM10C8W
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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The plaque is one of a series erected in Staffordshire to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's silver jubilee in 1977.
The building is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"House, now surgery. Early to mid C18. Stucco; tile roof with brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. 3 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Moulded plinth and top entablature with pulvinated frieze; rusticated end pilasters. Entrance has aedicule with Doric half-columns with fluted capitals and Ionic entablature, fanlight with decorative glazing bars and 6-panel door. Windows have sills and 12-pane sashes, 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor. Rear has 2 gabled wings with coped gables. INTERIOR: open-well stair to right of hall has closed string, column-on-vase balusters, square newels and moulded handrail; fielded-panelled dado; many rooms have rich Adam-style fireplaces, some with relief panels of figures; some rooms have enriched dado rails and cornices, modillioned cornice to entrance hall. The Duke of Cumberland is said to have stayed here, 1745. A good example of an early Georgian town house."
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In 1745 when the Duke of Cumberland is believed to have stayed George III was on the throne.
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A blue plaque on the wall has the information about the Duke's saty.
STAFFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
In 1745, at the time of
Bonnie Prince Charlie's
Rebellion, the Duke of York stayed here
while his army encamped
on Stonefield.
SILVER JUBILEE YEAR 1977