Woolton Hall,Woolton,Liverpool,England

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Early records indicate that the land of Woolton Hall had been occupied since 1180

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under the lordship of the holy Catholic order of the Knights Hospitaller.

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On the death of William Brettargh in 1609 the land was described as a cottage

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Sometime between 1700 and 1704 the house and surrounding estate was sold.

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Built in 1704 and extensively renovated in 1772 by the influential architect Robert Adam

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In 1722 Woolton Hall was acquired by Nicholas Ashton ESQ, High Sheriff of Lancashire

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After a short spell as the headquarter of the Middlesex Regiment and as an army hospital .

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in the 1950s the building changed into a private girls' school.

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who demolished the west wing and converted it into a Hydrophobic Hotel until 1912.

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Leyland later sold the building to the McGuffies a family of shipowners.

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In 1970 the small school merged with Notre Dame High School

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in 1865 to James Reddecliffe who was the owner of Liverpool's largest department store.

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The school expanded new buildings were built nearby causing Woolton Hall to be abandoned.

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Jeffery put the house up for action in 1869 but failed to find a buyer until 1877.

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Nicholas Ashton died in 1833 leaving the house to his son Joseph Ashton

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who in turn left it to his son Charles Ellis Ashton. Charles Ellis later sold the Hall.

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Soon the building fell into disrepair, eventually being marked for demolition in the 1980s

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The building was saved after local resident John Hibbert bought it.

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The land was permanently confiscated from the order in 1559 under Elizabeth I.

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Eventually the land came under ownership of the Brettarghs of Holt

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to politician Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux.

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To Liverpool shipowner Frederick Richards Leyland purchased the house for £19,000.

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Soon after Woolton Hall become a Grade I listed building on 28 June 1982.

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