The oak stairway in Handforth Hall was carved in 1620 and gained fame as an outstanding example of craftsman's art, said a piece in the Chronicle from December 1970.
It was so well preserved that it looked as good in 1970, as it did 350 years before.
An inscription over the doorway reflected the time, reading: “This halle was builded in the year of our Lord 1592 by Urian Brereton, knight, whom married Margaret, daughter and heire of William Handford of Handford and had issues 6 sonnes and 2 daughters”
The doorway stood as part of the original structure, with a black and white porch.
Holes where pegs were put in could also be seen on the photo, alongside an ornamental crest of the Brereton family - a muzzled bear’s head.
A descendant of Urian Brereton who lived at Handforth, in Cheshire, was Sir William Brereton, a commander-in-chief of the Parliamentarians, and someone that left an epic page in Cheshire’s military history.
William forced Royalist surrender after a siege at Beeston Castle, and so widespread was his campaign that he was dubbed Cheshire’s Hampden (John Hampden of Bucks, cousin to Oliver Cromwell, raised a regiment, and like Brereton, fought afar in the Civil War).
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