| 词条 | Wilderhope Manor |
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| name = Wilderhope Manor | image= Wilderhope Manor - geograph.org.uk - 1062884.jpg | image_size=200px | native_name = | locmapin = Shropshire | coordinates = {{coord|52|31|53|N|2|40|22|W|display=inline,title}} | gbgridref =SO545928 | location = Shropshire, England | area = | built = 16th century | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | designation1 = Grade I Listed Building | designation1_date = 12 November 1954[1] | designation1_number =1383384 | designation2 = | designation2_date = | designation2_type = }} Wilderhope Manor is a 16th-century manor house in the care of the National Trust. It is located on Wenlock Edge {{convert|7|mi|km}} south west of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England. The manor is a Grade I listed building and since the mid 20th century has been used as a youth hostel. History and amenitiesWilderhope Manor is an Elizabethan period manor house, built of local limestone and dating from 1585 when England was enjoying a period of prosperity and stability. The house was built for Francis Smallman and his initials can be seen on the ceilings.{{sfn|Currie|1998|p=57}} The manor remained in the family until 1734 when the estate including the neighbouring Wilderhope farm was sold.{{sfn|Currie|1998|p=57}} It is believed that the manor house was not used as a residence after the sale in 1734 and by 1936 was in a poor state and uninhabited.{{sfn|Currie|1998|p=58}} In 1936 the property was purchased by the WA Cadbury Trust who donated it to the National Trust on condition that it was used as youth hostel.{{sfn|The Youth Hosteller|May 1959|p=9}} Opening as a youth hostel in 1937,{{sfn|The Youth Hosteller|May 1959|p=9}} it has remained in use by the Youth Hostels Association since.[2] Despite years of disuse many of the original features such as the oaken stairways, oak spiral stairs and plaster ceilings survived.[1] The adjoining stable block is itself a Grade II listed building.[3] The surrounding manor of Wilderhope is also managed by the National Trust and comprises wooded valleys, pasture, flower rich meadows and ancient hedgerows dating back centuries along unchanged field boundaries. Evidence of medieval ridge and furrow ploughing can still be seen in fields below Wilderhope Coppice.[4] Major's LeapThe Manor's owner during the English Civil War was Major Thomas Smallman. He was a Royalist who was forced to flee from Cromwell’s approaching troops. After managing to escape on horseback, Major Smallman took a do-or-die plunge down a steep slope at Wenlock Edge. His horse was killed but Smallman survived thanks to an apple tree breaking his fall. Since then the ghosts of Smallman and his horse are said to appear in an area now known as Major’s Leap and have been said to have been seen at the manor.{{sfn|Nicolle|2003|p=102}} See also
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1. ^1 {{NHLE |num=1383384 |desc=Wilderhope Manor|accessdate=20 October 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/wilderhope |title=YHA Wilderhope |date=2012 |accessdate=20 October 2012 |publisher=YHA}} 3. ^{{NHLE |num=1383385 |desc=Wilderhope Manor Stables|accessdate=20 October 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Wenlock Edge info |url=http://wenlockedgenationaltrust.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/wenlock-edge-info.html |date=30 August 2012 |publisher=National Trust |accessdate=20 October 2012}}
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5 : National Trust properties in Shropshire|Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire|Country houses in Shropshire|Youth hostels in England and Wales|Historic house museums in Shropshire |
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