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Mansions
Oakwood, Allerton Road
This house, dating back to 1650, was once called Hillpit
House, then Beech Farm and it is this name which is shown
on the map. In 1930 when these pictures were taken the
house was called Oakwood and Thomas Harold Storey, a builder,
lived there. The area known as Forty Pits also belonged
to the house and consisted of a series of ponds set in
woodland. There was a great deal of local opposition when
house building started on the site in 1971.
Right: Map showing Beech Farm
(later known as Oakwood) and Forty Pits, 1908. |
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Seaforth
Sir John Gladstone, MP, father of the future Prime
Minister William Ewart Gladstone built Seaforth in 1813.
The big, square mansion was situated near the sea shore.
It was named after Lord Seaforth, head of the Mackenzie
Clan in Scotland and gave its name to the area. |
Sudley, Mossley Hill
Nicholas Robinson, a corn merchant, built Sudley in about
1824. In 1883 the property was bought by George Holt,
founder of the shipping line of Lamport and Holt. He made
a lot of alterations and used it to display his collection
of paintings by English artists. When his daughter, Emma,
died in 1944 she left the house and pictures to the city
of Liverpool. The collection is now open to the public
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Childwall Hall
The Childwall Hall shown in these views was built by
Bamber Gascoyne in 1780 and designed by the famous architect
John Nash.The hall was used as a clubhouse by Childwall
Golf Club in the 1920's and 30's. When Liverpool Corporation
wanted to establish a college there in 1949 the old
building was demolished and a new one built. This is
now the headquarters of Mersey TV.
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Carnatic Hall, Mossley Hill
Carnatic Hall, now the site of Liverpool University
halls of residence was built by Liverpool shipwright
Peter Baker. The money to build the house came from
the sale of a ship called the "Carnatic", which was
captured from the French, by his privateer, the Mentor
in 1788. The cargo was worth £400,000, with £135,000
in diamonds alone. This was worth a fortune then.
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Woolton Hall
In the early years of the eighteenth century Richard Molyneux,
heir to Viscount Molyneux of Croxteth, owned Woolton Hall.
In 1772 Nicholas Ashton, a Liverpool gentleman, bought
the property and employed the fashionable architect Robert
Adam to design a new frontage and remodel the interior.
His work can still be seen today. |
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