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Greaves Hall

Can anyone supply any pictures or information about Greaves Hall in happier days?
We are trying to create an archive of as much material as possible.

Chronology of Greaves Hall, Banks, Nr Southport:

DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1900
The 'Mock Tudor' Mansion was originally built for Mr Thomas Talbot Leyland Scarisbrick after his marriage in 1895 to Josephine Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. An extensively travelled man who later was a member of Lancashire County Council and served as Mayor of Southport in 1904/5. The elevations of the two-storey building comprised a mix of timberframing and brickwork and the building had a tiled roof. It is of Tudor revival style, with multiple gables and patterned timber framing. It has been designed on a large scale, and uses an asymmetrical composition of gables, chimneysand oriels to achieve a picturesque outline. The architect is unknown.
C.Wareing
WLDC
193?
In the 1930's Greaves Hall became Sherbrook Private Girls School.
C.Wareing
1939
In around 1914, the West Derby Union converted and extended a former convent on Waterloo Road at Seaforth to provide accommodation for 'mental defectives'. The inmates of the institution, known as Seafield House, were mainly children. At the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939, all the children were evacuated to Greaves Hall Hospital, Southport.
1948
Greaves Hall Hospital Foundation Year
1988

Greaves Hall Mansion - The chronological history of Greaves Hall, Banks, Nr Southport

Greaves Hall West view

A. Wright
© WLDC

1992
Greaves Hall Hospital Closed
1995
Greaves Hall Mansion was sold to W. S Lamm & Co Investments Ltd (incorporated in Gibraltar). "The price stated to have been paid on 11 February 2005 was £150,000"
Land Registry
LA822044
1997
Grade Two Listed Building
1999
Application to demolish Greaves Hall refused (8/99/0911 refers)
WLDC
2004
Major Fire July 2004
WLDC
2005
WLDC considers the compulsary purchase of Greaves Hall Mansion House from owners Baker Management Ltd claiming the condition of the Greaves Hall site and building is detrimentally affecting the area from an environmental and economic point of view.
2006
Application to WLDC by WS Lamm Investments Ltd for the demolition of Greaves Hall Mansion. "The value of Greaves Hall, as a listed building, is significantly compromised to the extent that it is considered that the building no longer warrants its listed status and opposing its demolition would be futile"
2007
Urban Exploration "visit" 13th January 2007 - documented exploration of the hall with interior photos. Click Here
 2007
Greaves Hall - photo taken 11th September 2007. The mansion is now derelict
 K. Ball
11/09/07
 2007
Greaves Hall - photo taken 11th September 2007. The mansion is now derelict
 K. Ball
11/09/07