" SPEKE HALL " (1). LIVERPOOL.
SPEKE HALL A WOOD FRAMED WATTLE-AND-DAUB TUDOR MANOR BUILDING.SITUATED IN SPEKE LIVERPOOL.THE BUILDING BEGAN IN 1530 BY SIR WILLIAM NORRIS (MORE THAN ONE SPELLING ).
THE PARLOUR WAS ADDED IN 1531 AND THE WEST WING WAS ADDED AFTER 1546.BUILT ON SANDSTONE AND SURROUNDED BY A DRY MOAT UP TO 1766 IT WAS OWNED BY A MEMBER OF THE NORRIS FAMILY.
THE HOUSE EVENTUALLY PASSED INTO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL TRUST IN 1942.
THE GARDENS DATE FROM THE 1850's. IN THE MAIN COURTYARD THERE ARE TWO YEW TREE'S SAID TO BE ABOUT 500 YEARS OLD !!
THIS IS A GRADE I LISTED BUILDING.
" SPEKE HALL " (1). LIVERPOOL.
SPEKE HALL A WOOD FRAMED WATTLE-AND-DAUB TUDOR MANOR BUILDING.SITUATED IN SPEKE LIVERPOOL.THE BUILDING BEGAN IN 1530 BY SIR WILLIAM NORRIS (MORE THAN ONE SPELLING ).
THE PARLOUR WAS ADDED IN 1531 AND THE WEST WING WAS ADDED AFTER 1546.BUILT ON SANDSTONE AND SURROUNDED BY A DRY MOAT UP TO 1766 IT WAS OWNED BY A MEMBER OF THE NORRIS FAMILY.
THE HOUSE EVENTUALLY PASSED INTO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL TRUST IN 1942.
THE GARDENS DATE FROM THE 1850's. IN THE MAIN COURTYARD THERE ARE TWO YEW TREE'S SAID TO BE ABOUT 500 YEARS OLD !!
THIS IS A GRADE I LISTED BUILDING.