Report (Permission Visit) Woolton Hall, Woolton. (Permission visit) June 2020

[kvtie9]

Luckily enough to get to visit this beautiful place, managed to get hold of the care taker John who gave us a tour around the building and let us go off on our own. Lovely bloke!

History,
Woolton Hall is a former country house located in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, England. Built in 1704 and extensively renovated in 1772 by the influential architect Robert Adam the building is praised as the finest example of Robert Adam's work in Northern England. Throughout its 300-year history the building has been the residence of a number of notable figures, including the Earl of Sefton and Liverpool shipowner Frederick Richards Leyland.

During the later part of the 20th century the building went through a number of uses eventually becoming a school in the 1950s and later being abandoned with plans for its demolition. A campaign against its destruction was successful and the hall is now a Grade I listed building.

 

[Shaun]

By any chance did you manage to see whats left of the school behind? Heard it burnt in a fire not long ago

 

[kvtie9]

By any chance did you manage to see whats left of the school behind? Heard it burnt in a fire not long ago

Nope, John said it was all demolished and a new school is there now. The building to the left of the building where the nuns lived was still up though but completely ruined by kids or whoever

 

[Court98]

hi beautiful pictures and amazing building! how do you get permission of care taker? is he there 24\7? and how did you ask him can you explore it? x

 

[The Explorer Returns]

hi beautiful pictures and amazing building! how do you get permission of care taker? is he there 24\7? and how did you ask him can you explore it? x

He’s unfortunately passed away now and the place was burned down not long after.

 

[DunveganMM]

He’s unfortunately passed away now and the place was burned down not long after.

I don’t know why you decided to just lie on the internet but I literally spoke to John today… He showed my friends and I around Woolton Hall before lockdown because we wanted to make a student film there, obviously never happened because Covid. I called him today to try and continue the project and he said, with quite good humour, the owners had not been paying him to look after the place and so he’d charged people a fee to look around. The owners did not like this and fired him. The building is now apparently inaccessible, according to John.

 

[mookster]

I can't believe someone would go on the internet and lie like that

 

[The Explorer Returns]

I was told about a year ago that my claim was true, if I stand corrected then fair enough. It was not my knowledge I used but I wouldn’t think someone would lie about that either, hence why I believed it. My apologies. Last time I ever believe anyone myself..