Dunham Massey Hall
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Dunham Massey Hall, also known simply as Dunham Massey[1] or Stamford Military Hospital,[2] is a Great House[3] and a National Trust property.[1] It is located in Dunham Massey in the district of Trafford,[3] near Altrincham, Cheshire. It also has a garden and a deer park.[1]
Hall
The double courtyard house is built of Flemish bond brick, stone dressings, and a roof of green slate.[3]
1721
The service court of the hall dates from circa 1721.[3]
1732-40: John Norris
Most of the current hall was constructed by John Norris in 1732-40 for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington.[3]
1905-07: Compton Hall
The hall was modified in 1905-07 by Compton Hall. Until this time, the southern front of the building had 11 three-storey bays; in order to make the building look more 17th century in style the 3rd, 4th, 9th and 9th bays were reduced to two stories with dormers, and a centrepiece of 3 bays was added, with columns each cide of the central bay, and stone pediments.[3]
Stamford Military Hospital
During World War One Lady Penelope Stanford offered the hall to the Red Cross as a military hospital, and it was subsequently known as the Stamford Military Hospital between April 1917 and January 1919. It hosted injured soldiers who had suffered injuries needing medical care, but that were not life-threatening.[2]
Preservation
The hall was designated a Grade One listed building on 5 March 1959.[3] It has been owned by the National Trust since 1976.[4] Around 340,000 people visited the site in 2014.[5]
From 1 March 2014 until 2016, the main ward (known as 'Bagdad') of the Stamford Military Hospital, along with the operating theatre, nurse's station and the recreation room were recreated to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War One,[2] along with actors playing the role of characters from the hospital.[6]
Contents
The hall has a collection of rare wood carvings, Huguenot silver, and portraits by Joshua Reynolds and William Beechey.[4]
Garden
The gardens houses over 700 plant species, as well as 1,600 trees and shrubs, and it hosts the largest winter garden in Britain.[4] The Winter Garden has many snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells.[7]
Deer park
The 300 acre[4] deer park at Dunham Massey dates back to medieval times.[8]
The Mill
The oldest building in the deer park is the Mill.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Dunham Massey". National Trust. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "First World War hospital to be recreated at National Trust's Dunham Massey Hall". 1914. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dunham Hall". Historic England. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d "A walk in the grounds of Dunham Massey". Guardian. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Visits Made in 2010 to Visitor Attractions in Membership with ALVA". ALVA – Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Bringing history to life". National Trust. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "See the Garden spring to life". National Trust. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ a b "A perfect parkland". National Trust. Retrieved 21 February 2016.