Report - Woolton Hall - Liverpool - Sept 14

[Mr Beady]

Nothing new to show I'm afraid, third time lucky for me at this particular building. Visited at daft twat o'clock after hearing it was open the previous day and not wanting to miss out again off we went. Afterwards me and Wakey lad had irn bru and space raider crisps for breakfast.

History
Woolton Hall liverpool is a former country house built in 1704 and extensively renovated in 1772 by the influential architect Robert Adam. It is praised as the finest example of Robert Adam's work in the north of England.

The original part of the house was built in 1704 for the Molyneux family,

on an estate of 400 acres that Richard Molyneux purchased in 1700. The site had had a house on since the Twelfth century, at one time serving as a the local headquarters of the Knights of St. John.

After the death of Richard Molyneux in 1738 and his widow in 1766, Woolton Hall was acquired by Nicholas Ashton, High Sheriff of Lancashire, whose father was one of the original undertakers and the principal financier of the Sankey Canal, the first canal of the British industrial revolution. In 1772, Robert Adam was employed to design a new frontage and redesign the interior. It remained in the Ashton family until the late Nineteenth century. The hall is a grade I listed building.
It has also been a school and a hotel at some point.

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[The Kwan]

Nice one Beardy son, nice flix, too, there is a perfectly good greasy spoon just down the road from this place, Telf and my good self partook in a fried food frenzy after a visit here, crisps not required....do one of those mines when you are ready Beardy :, get thyself a pair of wellies

 

[Camera Shy]

Quality. Breakfast of champions too.

 

[Telf]

Nice one Beady you've captured her well

 

[Snake Oil]

impressive looking derpage there

 

[Mr Beady]

cheers peoples, it's quite impressive on the first floor then gets a bit derpy the higher you get

 

[ZerO81]

Nicely done mate, some of the best i have seen so far

 

[Skeleton key]

Cool set Beardy and job well done