Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, England
- by Adi Little
- 2017-06-20
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Croxteth Hall is the ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton.
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Historic Croxteth Hall is at the heart of what was once a great country estate stretching
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Croxteth Hall is the ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton.
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The original house was built in about 1575, and has been expanded in several stages.
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The principal front, the west facade was built 1702
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Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children stayed at Croxteth Hall 9 October 1851
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The Hall and its outbuilding are a Grade II* Listed Building, as are 3 of the outbuildings
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Raymond Lemperteur (the last chef) who save the hall from burning down in 1952
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In March 2013, it was announced that a £400,000 programme would be undertaken to restore
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The damaged part of the hall.which was finished in late 2013.
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.The Molyneux family lived at the Hall from the 16th century until 1972
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when the last Earl died His American-born widow Josephine, Countess of Sefton 1903–1980
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She Became the last member of the Molyneux family to live at Croxteth Hall.
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When the last Earl died in 1972, a worldwide search was made for an heir to the title.
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But no heir was found. and the hall passed to Liverpool city council.
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A typical servants bedroom.notice the servants bell box designated just for that servant.
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The original servant bell box,which notified where the servants had to go.
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Historic Croxteth Hall is at the heart of what was once a great country estate
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stretching over hundreds of square miles
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The estate's 900 year history is interwoven with the development of Liverpool and beyond.
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The Hall together with the Victorian Walled Garden, Home Farm and 500 acres of parkland
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provide us with a unique record of a way of life that no longer exists.
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