Kidderminster stagecoach 19th century painting sells for £3,500

A 19th century oil painting of the Birmingham to Kidderminster stagecoach, the unbeatable, sold for £3,500 when it went under the hit in Shrewsbury.

The painting, which was consigned to Halls’ auction of paintings, silver and jewellery at the Welsh Bridge saleroom in Shrewsbury, was by an unknown English artist and sold to a coaching fanatic from Southern England.

They Owned by Godfrey and Co, the stagecoach ran from Swan Hotel, Birmingham to Lion Hotel, Kidderminster.

The 16th century hotel, which stopped up in 1963, was once Kidderminster’s most important inn, located at the top of High Street and owned by the Lords of the Manor, the Foleys and Earls of Dudley.