The Post House

The house as it is today was built by William Chetwynd at around 1715. William Chetwynd was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1734 until 1770 when he died.

In 1747 during the turbulent parliamentary elections William Chetwynds house was attacked by an angry mob which broke in. Much damage was done to the house including broken windows and smashed furniture. The Riot Act was read and many of the mob arrested.

After his death at the age of 86 the house was left to his grandson, also William. After a series of tenants the house was let to William Horton. Horton was responsible for the manufacture of shoes in Stafford on a significant scale, the first of its kind. Thousand of pairs of shoes were produced by outworkers and sold to the army and outlets in London. At the beginning of the 1800s Horton was employing up to 1000 people thus making him a wealthy man.