Halliday Hill House dates
back to at least the 1400's and possibly to
the 1300s. Here we show photos that were taken in order to prove
that this house should be on the Historic register of England.
The photos proved the date of 1400s and is now a National Historic
Structure with a Grade II listing. This is comparable to USA
National Historic designation.
Once a structure receives a Grade II listing, nothing may be done to
change anything in the house...not even to take it back to it's
original construction.
An example here is that the patio door on the front of the house was
added probably in the early 1900s. Even tho it was added in at
that time, now that it is a Historic Grade II listed building, that
door may not be taken out in order to bring the building back to it's
original front.
For the official description of Halliday Hill House Farm, go to the bottom of the page.
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The front and side view from a distance
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View of the north-west side of Halliday Hill Farm
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Various views of Halliday Hill House as it is today.
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The Blue Plaque given by the city of Stockport identifying Halliday Hill as an historic house.
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The footpath up to Halliday Hill House
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View from the front of Halliday Hill House
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hand carved oak laths used to hold up the plaster ceiling in the dining room
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View of Cruck Truss
in Roofspace. This was one of the proofs placing the age of
Halliday Hill House at least as early as the 1400s.
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Mullion Window on South Elevation (Front)
| This well was once outside the house but is now inside on the way to the cellar.
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Crinoline Doors. Wider at the bottom than the top in order for the ladies crinoline skirts to be able to easily pass through.
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Cruck truss with later repair extension aso showing laths frm very early thatching.
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Bredbury Hall carn circa 1400 use of cruck trusses
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Open Crinoline Door showing the stairs to the upper level of the house.
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These photos show the timber framing of Halliday Hill House.
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a rare example of tusk and tenon woodwork securing the rear extensions added in the 1600s.
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Wattle and Daub.
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Halliday Hill House by Mr. Ray Preston
A cottage built of stone tucked away on a hillside about 100
yards from the road which joins Stockport to Marple looks very pretty
but insignificant until one delves deeper into the history and events
surrounding it.
The earliest reference to this house come from an ancient lease which
states that Thomas de Wetenhale granted to Ralph Dodge a burgage called
"Ye Brookhouse near to a rivulet of Stokeport". The rivulet has
to be Fogg Brook which flows some 50 yards away.
(Note: The earliest
Rauffe (Ralph) Dodge in our World data base, was b. abt. 1593 and he
had a brother, Ralph, b. 1603. We do not know if one of these
Ralphs was the person mentioned in the above paragraph.)
From then on the Dodge family made their mark in the history of
Stockport and other parts of the world, althought they had already been
granted a coat of arms for services in "divers battles and seiges"
dated 1306.
In Stockport between the 15th and 16th centuries various members of the
family held the office of Mayor of the borough no less than 12
occasions.
The house has a flagged roof and stone mullioned windows; cement
stucco-covered walls hide a timber fram which revealed a "cruck"
formation of mid-15th century origin, plus evidence of previous
thatching. A tiny floored area at one end of the roof with a bricked-up
aperture which would have been useful to look out towards the roadway,
suggest a secret meeting place.
All rooms have exposed oak framed walls with wattle and daub infill. In
the area below the stairs is a fresh water well, which despite being on
a hill is always full of sparkling spring water.
The drawing room doors are very unusual as they are made 12" wider at the base than at the top to accommodate crinolines.
The last member of the family, namely Sarah Dodge, resided at the house as recorded in the 1841 census , aged 15 years.
(Note: In our World data
base, we have a Sarah Dodge b. 25 October 1824. Her father, William was
born in Manchester which is a town 7 miles from Stockport. We do
not know if this is the Sarah who occupied that room. She married
a surname LAWNDERS.)
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