Magical History Tour: The Staircase House
At long last, I made good on my intention to visit the Staircase House in Stockport, caught a train for the first time since about October last year ( not a harrowing endeavour for once!) and got a bit carried away with taking pictures, so they'll have to be sorted and split between a couple of posts. Our destination today is the oldest surviving house in Stockport, a 15th century townhouse that joins onto the museum, which was covered in a couple of previous posts ( part one and part two .) It also contains a cage-newel staircase, one of 3 that still exist in the UK (according to the Stockport council website); the one here was previously damaged in a fire and has since been restored, which results in an interesting contrast with gnarled, charred wood butting up against the restored structure. But that's getting ahead of ourselves, and while the staircase is the main draw, there's plenty to see here. So, let's start by contradicting the advice of salamander Danny Elf...
