Maria Isabel Esmeraldo da Câmara Leme bestowed the manor to the son of Francisco Pedro de Bettencourt and his wife and cousin, Gabriela Helena da Câmara Leme Escórcio Gouveia de Bettencourt, her great-nephew, Carlos Cristóvão da Câmara Leme Escórcio de Bettencourt, under the condition that it would never leave the family, being, in fact, still in the hands of the descendants?

The estate, which has undergone varied changes throughout the centuries was left to Carlos Cristovão, whose passion for the family manor house led him to donate the property to the Regional Government thus guaranteeing its use for culture purposes and simultaneously the perpetuation of the family heritage.

Source: Solar de São Cristóvão – Memória de uma Família, Teresa Klut