Bramall Hall closed for renovation from 1 Oct 2014 until summer 2016. It received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the restoration has been meticulous to detail and sympathetic to Tudor and Victorian periods. Excellent improvements have been made to some of the rooms, architecture and structure of the building.
Bramall Hall is a Tudor manor in Bramhall, Stockport, and Cheshire. It is timber-framed and parts of the building date from the 14th century, with later additions from the 16th and 19th centuries. The house stands in 66 acres of parkland with lakes, woodland, and gardens.
Bramall was first described in the Domesday Book in 1086, when it was held by the de Massey family, supporters of William the Conqueror. From the late 14th century it passed to the Davenport family, who built the house, for about 500 years before selling the estate. The Hall and park were sold by a Freeholders Association to the Nevill family. In 1925 it was purchased by John Henry Davies, and then, in 1935, acquired by the local government authority for the area. It is now owned by Stockport Council.
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yes. mid summer here in north west England and it blew a gale last night , storms and rain . wet today. it is how it is. cold and wet
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
A last question arises from your associating cold-food stores with places that "might be in an ice house where ice was put to cool it down."
Does that mean a walk-in with temperatures no more than 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius)? Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Yes ceilings, floors and walls
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Unitedstatesian houses before refrigeration technology associated their cellars with cold-storage. Such cellars configured dirt ceilings, floors and walls.
Did the cold-food store have no or special ceilings, floors and walls?
Firstly, a cold store is very, very cold when you walk in. Of course, there were no refrigerators. :) the places were often at a lower level and might be in an ice house where ice was put to cool it down. I suppose it is like a sunken store room .
The subheading, The kitchens, advises us that "There was a separate cold food store, butler's pantry and laundry."
What did a cold-food store look like?
This is the link for Little Moreton... my favourite Manor.
https://wizzley.com/little-moreton-ha...
It is fascinating. There are plenty locally to us . … Little Moreton Hall on this site for one example. These Cheshire medieval houses date back centuries- pre Christopher Columbus in fact.
It is not just for history too. I did an Art course at the hall last year learning to draw
Restorations and museums are a favorite of mine. Being on the west coast of the U.S. I have not experienced a manor or hall such as this one. The history would be so absorbing.
It is beautifully furnished but not all of what is there belonged to the house and has been acquired by Stockport Council.