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List of demolished buildings and structures in Liverpool
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| Image | Name | Year Built | Year Demolished | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childwall Hall | |
|---|---|
 Drawing from 1832 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Standort | Liverpool, England |
| Completed | 1813 |
| Demolished | 1949 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Nash |
Childwall Hall was a 19th century English country house located in Childwall, Liverpool, England. Built on the site of a previous mansion of the same name, the Gothic Revival building was the seat of parliamentarian Bamber Gascoyne the Younger, a noted opponent of the abolition of slavery. The main building was demolished in 1949 and the current site is now occupied by television production company Lime Pictures. A lodge building and a few ruins of the same style are all that remain of the hall.
History
Evidence of an estate at the site of Childwall Hall can be found as far back as 13th century when the William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby was recorded as owning property there. Sir Robert Holland obtained Childwall in 1303
Owned by Le Grey family
purchased by Isaac Green married Mary Aspinall
Greene died in 1749 and left to daughter Mary who married Bamber snr
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In 1780 Bamber Gascoyne the Younger was elected MP for Liverpool and eventually inherited the family estate which he rebuilt to better suit his liking.
He found the employ of architect John Nash for the rebuild, Nash himself would later go on to build Trafalgar Square and part of Buckingham Palace.
Nash's design was of local Red Sandstone and built to resemble a castle
On the death of Bamber the Younger in 1824 the hall and surrounding estate passed to his only child Francis Mary Gascoyne who a few years prior had married James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and moved away from the area. Subsequently the estate was put out to rent and became residence for wealthy families.
In 1922 the nearby Childwall Golf Club moved into the hall after the owners of its previous site at Woolton Hall announced their intention to sell the land.[1] The club lived at the hall until 1938 when it relocated to its current home in Gateacre.
Liverpool Corporation bought 50 acres of its parkland from the owner for £10,000 in 1939 and was given the hall and 4.5 acres as a gift
In 1947 the family bequeathed the building to the Liverpool Corporation (now Liverpool City Council)
By 1949 the Liverpool Corporation wanted to redevelop the site to become a college however provided in economical to restore so the main building was demolished
Childwall Hall County College
Current
The Lodge remain Grade II listed
Lancashire Illustrated. Thomas Allen, 1832 p74-75
have been since planted and laid out as an ornamental shrubbery. The Hall was built by
the late proprietor, Raniljcr Gascoyne, Esq., after the designs of Mr. Nash, arehitect,
London, and completed in 1813. It contains a suite of spacious apartments, consisting
of a Great Hall, Dining-room, Drawing-room, Library, and octagonal Study. A circular
Staircase leads from the Study to the summit of the Great Tower, whence the prospects
are both extensive and beautiful. A populous and well-cultivated plain spreads itself out
before the beholder, and impresses him with the cheerful emotions that naturally arise on
contemplating the results of successful industry. Commencing at Aughton Hills, near
Ormskirk, the view extends beyond Prescot and Farnworth, and terminates towards the
south-east, at the ruins of Halton Castle, and Norton Priory, Cheshire, the elegant resi-
dence of Sir R. Brooke, including within its range fifteen miles of rich land, and a large
portion of the river Mersey. The beauty of its situation has rendered Childwall the
favourite resort of Liverpool citizens on Sundays and holidays, and given to it a celebrity
almost equal to that which Richmond possesses in tlie estimation of our metropolitan
tourists. For the accommodation of those amateurs of the beautiful in scenery, a very
good inn has been erected, about two hundred yards from the Hall. It is denominated the
" Abbey," from a tradition that on this spot stood an ancient Abbey of Childwall : although,
after diligent search, we have come to the conclusion, that no monastic establishment of
the kind ever existed in this part of the country, and that the designation of the house has
originated in a confusion of the terms " Chantry" and " Abbey." In Domesday-book,
which contains a register of the state of the kingdom in 1080, we find mention made of a
" priest" resident at Childwall, whose benefice consisted of half-a-carucate of land, or from
thirty to fifty acres. In 1291, according to the valuation ordained by Pope Nicholas IV.,
the living of Childwall was estimated at £40 per annum ; no inconsiderable sum in those
times, when the wages of a liarvest-man were two-pence per day, and -the rent of the lord
mayor's house £1 per year. In the new arrangement of ecclesiastical jurisdiction-s conse-
quent upon the Reformation, the rector's tithes of this, and five other parishes in Lancashire,
were impropriated to the see of Chester. The tithes of Childwall parish are leased
out to the family of Gerrard, of Garswood, and are reputed to be worth about ^600 per
annum.
Childwall Hall and estate came into possession of the Marquis of Salisbur)-, by his
marriage with the daughter and heiress of the late Bamber Gascoyne, Esq., who was thrice
member of parliament for the borough of Liverpool. He was succeeded in that honour-
able station, A.D. 1796, by his brother, Gen. Isaac Gascoyne, who for a very long time con-
tinued to be the representative of the town, but lost his seat by his opposition to the
reform bill. Indeed, we may remark, th-at in perusing, the parliamentary annals of this
" free borough," we find no evidence of the inconstancy usually attributed to popular
elections. The historical records seem to us to establish the reverse proposition.
Architecture
Constructed in Gothic Revival architecture
Bamber Gascoyne (the younger)
Childwall hall (1806) a castellated Gothic mansion by John Nash, built for Bamber Gascoyne and was demolished in 1949, but the gate lodge survives and maybe the work of Nash.[2]
Lodge[3]
Gallery
File:Lodge to Childwall Hall 2019-1.jpg
references
- ^ "A brief History of CGC". Childwall Gold Club. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Pevsner & Pollard (2006), p399
- ^ "Lodge to Childwall Hall". Historic England. 23 March 2022.
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