Lower Lee House Beaconsfield Rd Woolton

Hello all,

First time poster here !

I am trying to obtain a photograph of Lower Lee (possibly Lea) house/mansion which was situated on Beaconsfield Road, in Woolton. I believe that is was once the home of William Gottager, a soap manufacturer from Widnes.

The house was pulled down maybe around 1960/1970s, and is now replaced by Lower Lee School. Some people have said that when a house is pulled down the council have to take photos of it. Anyone know if this is true ?

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful

Over to you.

Dave

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/The_City...lery/index.asp

Rode through Beaconsfield earlier too.

Hello PIM, hope you are enjoying the forum.

It was the Liverpool City Engineers Department of the Council who took most of the photos.
There's no guarantee that they photographed everything, but even if you don't find what you want through the site Max provided (it's not complete), there's still a chance that a visit to the Record Office might reveal something.

The soap manufacturer's name was Gossage.
Try a Google Search.

Welcome to the forum.

Dave,
I just cam across your old posting. I lived at Lower Lee until 1959 in what were the servants qaurters. The British Electrricity Authotity owned the house at the time and my father worked for them. I may some old photos of the house, if you are interested.
Ian

Gossage also lived in Church Road Woolton. I had an ancestor that worked for him.

Hello Ian,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I would be very interested in seeing the photos.

Thanks
Dave

have just joined the forum and seen your blog. sad to hear lower lee demolished. if you are still interested there.s a lovely painting , first floor of walker gallery of mrschapple gill done at lower lee, her parents home. dated 1877, so her family the smiths were residents then. there.s a little view of the garden.

Hi Landgate,

Thanks for the post and welcome aboard :PDT11

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Originally Posted by underworld

Gossage also lived in Church Road Woolton. I had an ancestor that worked for him.

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He also lived in 'Windward' in School Lane.It's now the site of 4 blocks of 9 flats each owned by Riverside Housing.

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Originally Posted by landgate

have just joined the forum and seen your blog. sad to hear lower lee demolished. if you are still interested there.s a lovely painting , first floor of walker gallery of mrschapple gill done at lower lee, her parents home. dated 1877, so her family the smiths were residents then. there.s a little view of the garden.

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Hi landgate. Having consulted my Walker Art Gallery book, i'm happy to say I found it.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3412/n001qn.jpg

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Well done Ged. :handclap: