Floor
Category
Stone
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Sandstone
Measurements
4200 x 8550 x 6300 mm; 3200 mm (Width); 3700 mm (Depth)
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Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
NT 112208
Summary
The stone floor to the Great Hall. Sandstone slabs, probably local in origin. The floor extends through the Great Hall and as far as the base of the oak spiral staircase and from this point as steps down to a basement cellar.
Provenance
The Elizabethan Manor house at Wildehope lies in Hope Dale, Shropshire and was constructed on land purchased in 1583 by Thomas Smallman. The land was leased to his younger brother Francis who began the building of the house shortly afterwards. The initials of Francis and his wife Ellen appear repeatedly in the plasterwork ceilings. The building passed into the Lutwyche family in 1742, up until the Nineteenth century at which point it was sold and became a farmhouse. As the estate was sold off the building fell into dereliction. The house was purchased by the W.A. Cadbury Trust on behalf of the National Trust in 1936. This instigated a first phase of repair; including works to secure the roof to protect the decorative plasterwork, some restoration and opening up of blocked up elements and the introduction a new heating system. A second restoration programme with further works to secure the fabric and facilitate the conversion of the building to become a Youth Hostel was funded by Mr. John Cadbury between 1975-6.