{"id":44002,"date":"2025-09-05T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44002"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:37:51","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-update-on-state-of-woolton-hall-building-after-devastating-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44002","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Update on state of Woolton Hall building after devastating fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Engraving_Woolton_Hall_Liverpool_J_P_Neale_Life_time_1847_public_domain_commons_wiki_050925.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Engraving_Woolton_Hall_Liverpool_J_P_Neale_Life_time_1847_public_domain_commons_wiki_050925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Engraving_Woolton_Hall_Liverpool_J_P_Neale_Life_time_1847_public_domain_commons_wiki_050925.png 600w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Engraving_Woolton_Hall_Liverpool_J_P_Neale_Life_time_1847_public_domain_commons_wiki_050925-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Woolton_Hall.jpg\">Woolton Hall, Liverpool<\/a> &#8211; J. P. Neale(Life time: 1847), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woolton Hall has been destroyed throughout and every floor of the manor house has collapsed after a fire tore through it, reports <em>The Liverpool Echo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Liverpool Echo<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drone pictures\u2026 showed the building has been severely damaged by the blaze, with the roof largely destroyed\u2026 several of the sandstone walls are leaning\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grand manor house on Speke Road in Woolton was built in 1704\u2026 underwent an extensive renovation 68 years later, undertaken by influential architect Robert Adam\u2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/gallery\/drone-photos-show-devastating-aftermath-32313586?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_mobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/\">See the update <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Woolton Hall, Liverpool &#8211; J. P. Neale(Life time: 1847), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Woolton Hall has been destroyed throughout and every floor of the manor house has collapsed after a fire tore through it, reports The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44002\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,87,29],"class_list":["post-44002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-fire","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44004,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions\/44004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}