Stockport medieval house

Staircase House, nestled on Stockport’s Market Place, dates to 1460 as a merchant’s home, its cruck-framed walls and Jacobean staircase a medieval marvel. A Grade II* listed survivor, it burned in 1750, was rebuilt, and opened as a museum in 1995. Its ancient past creaks with Stockport ghost stories that echo through its narrow rooms. […]