| 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 |
|
1986 |
A recently discovered postcard (see below) which belonged to my dad who worked at Greaves Hall when training as a nurse in the 1980s. I seem to recall that he said that the postcards were originally produced possibly to raise money for a Christmas Charity.
 |
|
1988 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
K.
Ball
11/09/07 |
| 2007 |
|
K.
Ball
11/09/07 |
2009 |
Greaves Hall is demolished by G & M Demolition after West Lancs Borough Council asked the owners, Gibralter based WS Lamm Investments, to have the grade II listed building demolished because it was unsafe.
North Meols Parish Councillor David Vickers said "The building had become so derelict that the roof had started to collapse making the building extremely dangerous. The only way to make it safe was to demolish it."
Cllr Vickers added "The Greaves Hall site is now designated as ‘employment land’ and is included in the village’s submission to the Local Development Framework as suitable for future development as small starter commercial units.
|
August 2009 |
2009 |
|
K.
Ball
19/08/09 |
2009 |
|
K.
Ball
20/08/09 |
