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Park Lodge, Sefton Park Rd (which used to be part of Lodge Lane). It is believed to contain some of the original structure of King Johns Tudor hunting Lodge which gave its name to Lodge Lane. The fireplaces inside are the same in detail as some in Queen Elizabeths Keep at Kenworth Castle.
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Sudley House (under restoration).
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At Sudley you can see the only Victorian merchant's art collection still held in its original setting. Ship owner and merchant George Holt bought the paintings during the late 19th century. His daughter Emma bequeathed the house and its contents to the city in 1944.
The history of Sudley House begins in the first decade of the 19th century.
Nicholas Robinson, a rich corn merchant, bought the land for £4500. The exact date of the house is unknown, and neither is the architect. Some exterior features suggest it may be the work of Thomas Harrison. He was working on a number of commissions in Liverpool between 1811 and 1815.
Nicholas Robinson was living in Sudley House by 1823 and the building was complete by the following year. Robinson was Mayor of Liverpool in 1828-9 and lived in the house until his death in 1854. His two daughters continued to live there until their own deaths in 1883.
Sudley was then sold to George Holt. He made many alterations to the property. He transferred the main entrance from the eastern to the northern front, creating a garden veranda on the eastern side. He extended the western end, which included building the tower.
Many of the features added since the 1880s can still be seen. The fireplaces, lincrusta wallpapers and oak panelling are still in place. The carved marble fireplace in the dining room bears the Holt family crest. It may have been acquired on one of the family's trips to Italy.
Today Sudley House is one of the few Victorian homes that still has many of its original features intact. It is also the only surviving Victorian merchant art collection in Britain still hanging in its original location.
Sudley House contains fabulous works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Landseer and Turner, all displayed amongst original Victorian décor. The house itself is surrounded by pleasant gardens and parkland. A visit to Sudley House is a step back in time to an oasis of calm and beauty.
Twighlight Tours of Speke Hall begin this weekend.
Saturday, October 14, and again on Saturday, November 11.
Lisa Downes, house and
collections' manager at Speke, who is organising the event, said: "Tours will be given by costumed guides, who will be telling tales of the darker side of
what life was like at Speke over the years, including religious persecution and the dangers of being a Catholic under a Protestant monarchy, and beliefs,
myths and legends associated with the house."
To add to the atmosphere, musicians in Tudor costume from the Linton Ensemble will play music of the period
in the Great Hall.
There are four Twilight Tours, at 7pm, 7.30pm. 8pm and 8.30pm.
Tickets are £8
including refreshments and must be booked in advance. For details call 0151-427 7231.
Speke Hall Twighlight Tour
I wasn't aloud to take any pictures for security reasons which
was heart wrenching considering the treat that was to come. A tour of the house, our guide was extremely knowledgable and fascinating to listen to and live
music, the musicians dressed in period costume in The Great Hall.
The stories, the priest holes, it was all fantastic and I would recommend a trip and a
tour.
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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
rear:
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Allerton Tower Out Houses - Walking around the outside, through the grounds I found this weird and wonderful archway leading
through a short tunnel into a very small enclosed area surrounded by a wall and landscaping. I havn't a clue what is was used for but
fascinating:
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Onto the
buildings.....
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Brilliant thanks for all them pictures Kev it looks like you've been
very busy,that tour of Speke Hall does sound good shame about the no camera rule though.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Cheers Paul, very busy indeed. Speke Hall plus its history is amazing, especially in
the dark :shock:
Well if you've gotQuote:
Originally Posted by Kev
£99 to spare you could always join the UK haunted and haunted truth team at Croxteth Hall at Halloween,personally I'll be giving that one a miss.It's a bit
like most haunted with the psychic medium and a fully equipped investigation team if anyone is interested.
I'll give that a miss too :shock::ninja:
They have all kinds of events there throughout the year like murder mystery weekends and battle reenactments,here's thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Kev
website.
http://www.croxteth.co.uk/events/nov/index.asp
Sad to see all that graffiti in Allerton
Tower. We used to walk the dog around there a long time ago. It didn't look as bad as that then.
We've walked around the places you mentioned Kev and
it always used to be dead quiet and a bit spooky :ninja: :)
Then we used to go over to Clarkes gardens.
Havn't been around there for ages.
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A couple of stunners in there well in Kev.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Is Allerton Tower a slide through the railings job? Or is it easily accessible?:)Quote:
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Its very accessible, the building (what is left) can be accessed from any of the main park entrances...and thanks Paul :)Quote:
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More Speke Hall pictures taken today - 22nd December 2006. The house was closed and there was no one else there apart from us. Very cold and we felt like kings in our own estate :PDT_Piratz_26:.
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Splendid Speke Hall pics, Kev. Well done. The pic of the sandstone house which is not I think part of the hall, is that a building on the estate. If so I don't recognize it though I have been to Speke Hall on a large number of occasions. I know that the kitchen wing which I believe is the older part of the hall is sandstone, and I have take a black and white pic of the mullioned window there in past years, but the building you show appears a separate building. Please clarify if you would.
Chris
This one Chris? I assume it's part of 'the Estate' and a private residence. Not too sure.Quote:
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Again great pictures,I've never noticed that stone head before.:)
Just wondering if there are any photos/sketches of Solomon's House? The guy who invented Balm of Gilead, and had a massive mausoleum in his grounds...
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The house and mausoleum are mentioned in Robert Griffiths' History of the Royal and Ancient Park of Toxteth Liverpool, pp 151-154, but there is no illustration. I can't recall seeing an illustration of them either. You can see a portrait of Dr. Solomon at
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thanks chris. will have a look in that book later.
Such a shame there is no illustration.
I love Dingle Bank....would be so amazing if all of these fantastic houses were still standing...
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What is the collective term for manor houses, mansions, villas etc?
Carrie, would you post the pic again, please?Quote:
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I don't think there is one.Quote:
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found on the lro website.
Thank you.Quote:
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Attachments courtesy Liverpool City Library and the Records Office:
They're wonderful, Kev.Quote:
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Dingle was THE place to live in the 1830s.
Are these drawings on a disk, or does the library scan them for you?
disc phil - here's a thought, why did estates like those above not survive to this very day unlike some in allerton etc....Quote:
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completely wondering the same thing kev!Quote:
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i think it is probably because there is alot more money and people with money allerton way, to preserve and upkeep these great houses and estates...
but then if toxteth park/dingle had such rich people to begin with (i.e the time these great houses were built) did not their families keep the houses?
exactly, i would have assumed that wealth was pretty much equal whether you lived in Dingle or Allerton.
They were too near to town, and the newly-built terrace streets.Quote:
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Also too near to industry and grime.
The wealthy from the city centre first settled in Everton, then the Dingle, and then Aigburth, although there were isolated estates further out as shown by your pics of Highfield, Dovecot, etc.
Those were only demolished comparitively recently for housing estates.
true...
great pics.
i think this is my fave thread on here
There is something about these old houses i find fascinating...
I got a book today about the manor of houses of britain....good reading!
Just found this on bbc pages
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Here's a map from 1769:
Re:Dingle
Has anyone else noticed the sandstone pillars at Shorefields school. If you look at this map there was a path to East Dingle on Dingle Lane/Dingle Mount.
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I don't believe these pillars are associated with the school, but could easily be the entrance pillars to a large house.
They were the gateposts to the house called East Dingle.Quote:
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Dingle Vale Secondary School was built on the site.
Thanks for confirmation as I thought the gateposts may be from East Dingle...glad to see that at least something has survived of the Dingle mansions.