Staircase
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1570 - 1599
Materials
Oak
Place of origin
Shropshire
Collection
Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
NT 112221
Summary
Oak staircase (A) located to the norther side of the hall range, set within a partly projecting turret opening off lobby (G4). It rises through two storeys within its circular turret with conical roof, serving the first floor and attic spaces. It is of ‘mast-newel’ form with a central newel post (hexagonal section c.7inches across, comprising two c.13ft sections, scarfed) into which are morticed a series of treads formed of solid timber (oak) baulks, chamfered and stopped to the soffit. The stairway is 5ft 2in wide, with individual treads standing 6in high. The base of the stair is spanned by an integral timber doorhead of four-centred form, with surviving iron pintles indicating that is was formerly closed by a door, hinged at the newel. A door survives at first floor level closing off the upper flight. (Description taken from Historic Building Record & Assessment of Wilderhope Manor by Ric Tyler, January 2015)