6. Forecourt wall, piers, gates and steps of Brereton House
(Grade 2 listed 1-5-1951)


Separately 'listed', the forecourt walls are described as
flanked by rusticated stone piers with central gates
of plain wrought iron and good openwork posts
formerly surmounted by lanterns with stone steps
and scrolled handrails at sides (the handrails
have disappeared).

7.The 'Coach-house' to the rear of Brereton House


     This old building of local brick, although altered by the insertion of several
     windows when converted into two 2-storey houses, forms an important
     backdrop in the gap between two listed buildings.



 

8. The War Memorial

Bridgmans of Lichfield constructed this, using roughly finished Cornish Granite. The upper
part is a 9-feet (2.75m) high, broad column tapering upwards to a cross-shaped top. A
double-sided sword carved on the front symbolises Sacrifice and Service. The column
is on a multi-tiered base carrying leaded lettering set into smooth-faced front panels.
The overall memorial height is 12ft 9ins (3.9m). There are 19 names from the First World
War and a separate panel at the foot of the memorial that bears 10 names from the
Second World War. It was unveiled on Sunday 12th November 1922 by retired Colonel
W. A. Wetherall CBE, the fourth son of Brereton's first Vicar. Seven years later Col.
Wetherall created a trust fund with an invested £100, the income to benefit local poor
people or maintain the ground around the war memorial.

 

9. The Old Swan

     This is now a private house. The double-fronted 2-storey building complements the
     next-door listed building, its upper windows remaining typical old-style Staffordshire
     vernacular. The name comes from its former role as The Swan Inn even though it
     ceased to be a public house in the late 1870s. The remaining rear part appears to
     be older than the frontage - a public house is shown on the site on an 1815 map.
     Old documents suggest that it may have existed in 1765 and that in the eighteenth
     century it may have been called “The Boot and Shoe”. The outside brickwork was
     painted white in about 1990.