Croxteth Hall

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Building Information
Croxteth Hall
Croxteth Hall in the 1820s.
Location	Liverpool
Country	England
Construction Start Date	1575

Croxteth Hall is the former country estate and ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton. After the death of the last Earl in 1972 the estate was given to Liverpool City Council, who now manage the estate. The hall stands in the grounds of Croxteth Park, which was at one time the hunting grounds of the Molyneux family.

[edit] History

The original house was built in about 1575. The Hall and its outbuilding are a Grade II* Listed Building, as are 3 other buildings; another 15 on the estate are Grade II. The Molyneux family lived at the Hall from the 16th century up until 1972, when the last Earl died.

Much of the original estate has since been sold off for development, but approximately 500 acres (2 km²) remain as a country park, which is open to the public. The estate also contains the historic Hall itself, as well as a maintained Victorian walled garden and a working country farm. The Hall and its grounds are a popular tourist destination, offering one of the better-preserved glimpses into what the country life of nobility was once like; these can be visited for a fee.

[edit] The park

The Park also contains Mull Wood, which is part of the Local Nature Reserve. In partnership with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, the reserve been doubled in size. This allows people better access to the reserve areas and include new habitats within the reserve. One of the improvements to Mull Wood is the sowing of a Wildflower Meadow. the meadow is situated near the Old Kennels.

Liverpool City Council to this day are trying to trace the rightful owners of Croxteth Hall by searching the Molyneux family, Liverpool City Council have held several opening days just for people with the surname Molyneux in attempt to find the legal owner today.^{[citation needed]}