Merseyside Halls, Estates and Dwellings

[Ingo]

My first post on Yo Liverpool!!

There is a Greystoke house along Aigburth Drive. I thinks It's actually one of the best of the Sefton Park Mansions.

[Kev]

My first post on Yo Liverpool!!

There is a Greystoke house along Aigburth Drive. I thinks It's actually one of the best of the Sefton Park Mansions.

A warm welcome

[Ingo]

Thanks Kev. Hope I can contribute to some really interesting discussions happening on this site.

[Lady]

A warm Hello and Welcome to you Ingo

The people on here are a smashing bunch-i look forward to your posts.

Has anyone got a picture of the Greystoke house Ingo has mentioned please, i would love to know its history if anyone knows please

Jacky Ohh i am excited now !!!!!!!!!!

[Kev]

Had a walk around Woolton Manor this afternoon whilst visiting my grandad:

[Paul D]

Beautiful Kev.

[Kev]

Cheers Paul

[Max]

Nice looking building.

Think I've passed a sign saying Woolton Manor.

[Cadfael]

Know the place well. My nan was in there about 12 years ago when she was passing on to the next world and she was on the top floor. Not the best circumstances to nose about I grant you but a lovely lovely building which has been gladly kept.

Borrowed this from E-bay:

[Kev]

Cheers Cad. What's the history of the building? Anyone?

[az_gila]

The entrance to it is in Mossley Hill but the house itself is in Aigburth. Locally it's seen as being in 'Aigburth'.

'Aigburth' is the new 'Toxteth Park' - its borders shift with the whims of whoever is describing them

For more info on Sudley House:

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/sudley/

I visited the newly opened museum this June... it is well worth a visit, and is nicely laid out and presented.

However, all of the dead butterlies in glass cases I remember from the 60's are gone...

gil A

....now in Tucson, AZ....

[Chris Brown]

Hi Kev,

Great photos of the remnants of the old Manor House at Allerton golf course.
It has good memories for me as I started playing golf there in the late 1960’s.
The north end of the building used to house a café until the stable’s upper floors were revamped into Allerton & Dudley Golf club.
There is a picture of the main house in its former glory hand on the wall of the golf club bar, which my be of interest to you.
I have attached a link that has some fantastic prints of the Great houses and Halls of our part of Lancashire,

Regards
Chris Brown.

http://www.lancashiregallery.co.uk/4515/4680.html

[Ged]

Scaffolding collapsed in St. Georges Hall. Pic taken 2/7/56 LRO.





A drawing showing a size comparison between the Hall and Stanley tobacco warehouse. LRO.





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[Wooltonian]

I was born and lived within five minutes walk of Allerton Tower, and remember playing around it before it was unfortunately destroyed, as happened to too many of the old historic large homes and estates around the Woolton/Allerton area.
The part that remains I have always understood to be the Orangery leading off from the main building.
There is a gatekeepers residence still there off Woolton Road.

I am not sure on this, but did I understand someone to write referring to it as Allerton Manor.
Allerton Manor was the estate right next to it, and eventually became the Allerton Golf Course to my knowledge.
On my last trip home I visited where the old manor was located, where it acted as the golf clubhouse, and found just a sad picture of what it used to be, the front columned facade almost gone. I had the feeling they were goingb to knock that down, instead of keeping it to incorporate it into a new clubhouse.

Allerton Tower - The once beautiful Italianate residence off Woolton Rd. Designed in 1847 by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes the Architect

of St. Georges Hall, for Sir Hardman Earle, of the Earle Family, was director of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and a witness to

Huskisson's fatal accident on its opening day.

Built in 78

acres of grounds, once part of the Manor of Allerton. The main house was unfortunately demolished 1937 and all that remains is what you can see below with

out houses at the

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[Wooltonian]

[QUOTE=Kev;84295]Had a walk around Woolton Manor this afternoon whilst visiting my grandad:

I was surprised to see you refer to this home as Woolton Manor.
Living 5 minutes away from where I was born and lived, in Vale Road, I always krew it as the Convalescent Home, used for people with the likes of TB.
In the wartime it was occupied by the RN as a hospital, and I used to go there to the dances they held, as I was friendly with a WREN stationed there.
In those days of severe food rationing I enjoyed the food spread at intermission.
I last visited it a couple of years ago to find out it was an old folks home.