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Lost Mansions of Liverpool
******[Merseyside Halls, Estates and Dwellings that are still standing and in use can be found here.]********
Images of Liverpool's Lost Mansions, courtesy of LRO:
1- Childwall Hall. South east view of Childwall Hall with figures. In 1847, it was 'a seat of the Most Noble, The Marquis of Salisbury'.
2- Colderstones/ Calderstones. North East view - in 1847 it was the 'seat of Joseph Need Walker, Esq.'
3- Dovecot House was situated at Prescot Road/Pilch Lane. In 1847, it was the 'seat of Mrs Dugdale'.
4- Elmswood was in Briarwood Road, Mossley and 1847 was the 'Thomas Sands, Esq.'
5- Highfield House was the 'seat of Thomas Littledale, Esq.' in 1847.
6- Norris Green Mansion. Shows house and grounds with people and a carriage. The house was built in 1830.
7- Otterspool view of the house with figures.
8- Wavertree Hall (on the site of Wavertree Park). Wavertree Hall was the 'seat of Charles Lawrence, Esq.' in 1829.
9- West Dingle. West Dingle was the 'seat of Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., F.A.S.' in 1847.
Liverpool's Lost Mansions
Kev, thanks so much for posting these images. Would these buildings have survived.
Allerton Hall and the US Confederate states
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Waterways
Allerton Hall was where the top naval men of the US Confederacy would meet to plan their naval strategy against the north.
For more info see the "When Liverpool was Dixie" web site. I think it was the American Charles Prioleau who lived in Allerton Hall. He also built 19 Abercromby Sq where the state tree, the cabbage palmetto tree, of South Carolina still adorns the interior of the building
http://www.csa-dixie.com/liverpool_dixie/index.htm