Boy rescued after being trapped in stone monument at Wightwick Manor

Max Morgan was wedged for three hours before finally being cut free by firefighters.

His leg got trapped in the stone masonry, from the original Houses of Parliament which was destroyed by fire in 1834, while playing in the grounds of the National Trust property on a family day out during the Easter holidays.

Firefighters from Wolverhampton were called to the Victorian manor house on Wightwick Bank at around 3.30pm on Tuesday.

But due to the ‘complexity of the entrapment’, a specialist team based in Wednesbury were called in to assist.

A helmet was placed on the youngster’s head as the rescuers cut the stone in half. Max’s head could be seen poking out of the hole as the firefighters worked to free him.

The schoolboy, from Lower Penn, was checked over by paramedics following his ordeal.

And he was pictured afterwards in the back of an ambulance in good spirits.

His parents George and Jana Morgan today said he was fine.

Mr Morgan said in a post on Facebook: “So proud of him for staying so calm. Massive thanks to the guys at the fire service who were so supportive and caring towards our little boy who was scared. Thanks to the paramedics and also the NHS staff at New Cross in Wolverhampton. Makes you appreciate how lucky we are to have our emergency services however odd the emergency.”

The masonry was salvaged by Sir Geoffrey Mander when works were being carried out in Parliament in the 1930s and has been in the Manor garden for 85 years.

A Wightwick Manor spokesman said: “‘We can confirm that a young visitor to Wightwick Manor and Gardens became entrapped in part of a stone pinnacle within the gardens on Tuesday afternoon.

“Initial attempts to free the child were unsuccessful so a specialist fire service rescue unit was called in to extract him.”