Aqualate Estate lodge and gates on A518 Newport to Stafford road.
November 10th, 2022 in Forton/Meretown/Aqualate/Outwoods/Wilbrighton to Gnosall
Aqualate Estate lodge and gates on A518 Newport to Stafford road. Exterior. Before the Nash redesign, the road from Stafford to Newport ran along the north side of the park – where the Main and Back Drives are now. In 1807 Sir John Fenton Fletcher obtained a court order permitting this road to be diverted to the south of the park- where it is now – and for it to be turnpiked. His eldest son, Thomas, built the two lodges in 1835.