Lost Mansions of Liverpool

[Kev]

Hold on. let me re-read

[Kev]

Is that what he says?
Wasn't the house the exact spot where the circular cafe is?

I can't find what I read originally. Sorry Phil. So my original thought was correct then, it was located to the left NOT the right?

[Cadfael]

Before you get to the bridge in the park, - you went to St mag's Kev?

Walk to the Pavillion next to the church, follow the line straight by the wall and enter the park that way - now you've got a large hill facing you once you get on the path - ignore it and turn left - go past the pond (where I once fell in) and you'll find a very steep wall on the right hand side - at the top of this is the drain tunnel that is still there to this day.

[marky]

Re:Otterspool
Have a look around the circular building (where the Why Don't You... TV series filmed in the 1970s). There are some old steps and paving slabs still around.
The field to the right flooded a few years back when the river re-emerged.

[Kev]

Before you get to the bridge in the park, - you went to St mag's Kev?

Walk to the Pavillion next to the church, follow the line straight by the wall and enter the park that way - now you've got a large hill facing you once you get on the path - ignore it and turn left - go past the pond (where I once fell in) and you'll find a very steep wall on the right hand side - at the top of this is the drain tunnel that is still there to this day.

I used to run through it as a kid

Re:Otterspool
Have a look around the circular building (where the Why Don't You... TV series filmed in the 1970s). There are some old steps and paving slabs still around.
The field to the right flooded a few years back when the river re-emerged.

I had an audition for The Liverpool Gang when I was about 15, it went terribly!

There are steps and a walkway that snakes downwards as seen in this pic.

[PhilipG]

Otterspool Gardens were opened to the public in 1915. There was a charge of 3d (1.25p). This was before Otterspool Promenade was created, and Otterspool Station was in the middle of the estate.
Cross's Menagerie was in the grounds by 1921, and this zoo closed some time after 1927.
Liverpool Corporation bought the estate in 1925 and the house was demolished in 1931.
A river walk was completed in 1932 and the adjoining land was a controlled Corporation rubbish tip.
It was intended from the beginning to be a promenade and park, and was designed by John Brodie, opening in 1950.
The station closed in 1951. I could never understand how a park could open one year and its station close the next! Perhaps the station was only provided for the Moss family, who had the estate from 1811 until the 1890s.

Extract from 1908 OS map (Alan Godfrey reprint).

[chippie]

Kev they are cracker photos you,ve posted on Allerton and Otterspool.

I walked through Allerton last year and the year before with some of my rellies and had a great mooch around there.

Also Otterspool was great to revisit last year too. I remember going for a visit there in the early 60s and having a smashin, adventure day out and an ice cream from the cafe there.

[robbo176]

the Wall from St Domingo house

[taffy]

Courtesy Liverpool Record Office. The old hunting lodge in Holmfield Rd, Aigburth was associated with this mansion

[PhilipG]

Courtesy Liverpool Record Office. The old hunting lodge in Holmfield Rd, Aigburth was associated with this mansion

Oaklands was probably built for the Harrison family (in the 1830s?) and 27 Holmefield Road was certainly next door, but was at least 50 years older.
In fact it was almost certainly the oldest house in the area around Holmefield Road.
There is no evidence that the smaller house was a hunting lodge even though Mrs Roberts who lived there from the 1970s called it Holmfield Lodge.
The early history of Holmfield Lodge may never be known.
The oak tree belonging to the house is said to be ancient.
The heads of animals were put on by a Victorian artist.
Mrs Roberts said Nicholas Monserrat lived there at some stage.
His family had a house nearby.
Oaklands was the home of Sir Alfred Jones, who died there.
He bought it off somebody who had committed suicide by slashing his wrists.

[taffy]

[QUOTE=PhilipG;114567]Oaklands was probably built for the Harrison family (in the 1830s?) and 27 Holmefield Road was certainly next door, but was at least 50 years older.
In fact it was almost certainly the oldest house in the area around Holmefield Road.
QUOTE]

Yes I know about the Harrison family. They orginated from Seacombe. They are buried in St Michael's in the Hamlet churchyard. The lodge bears the Harrison coat of arms I believe. The hunting lodge was occupied by their gamekeeper I believe. The Harrison family owned the hunting and fishing rights along the Garston shore of the River Mersey. They occupied Oaklands from around 1810 to 1840.

[taffy]

Broadgreen Hall was sited at the junction of Rocky Lane and Bowring Park Rd. All that remains today is the boundary wall and a few large trees. The building was acquired by the Brandreth family in the mid 19th C who remodelled it to the view shown in the photo. The original building dates from around 1780 or so. A Miss Mary Brandreth was the last occupier of that name. She died in 1901 and is buried in All Saints Childwall churchyard. The building was demolished in the early 1950s.

Photo from the Waite collection , Liverpool Record Office

[taffy]

Demolished in the 1850s. On site where the Garston Empire now stands. Image courtesy Garston & District Historical Society

[taffy]

Once sited where Walton Hall Park is now. Purchased early 19th C by Liverpool's first millionaire, Thomas Leyland, the slave trader and banker. Inherited by his nephew John Naylor who also lived at his country seat at Leighton near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. The classic example of 19th C noveau riche.

[John(Zappa)]

Why was this demolished? When was it demolished?
What a fantastic building!!