Broughton Hall is a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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house at Yew Tree Lane
West Derby
West Derby ( ) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located East of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382.
History West Derby
Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', West ...
,
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
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England
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, built in 1860 for
Gustav Christian Schwabe, a Liverpool merchant originating from
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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. The
conservatory added between 1870 and 1880 is of special interest.
The house was used as a preparatory school run by Roman Catholic nuns, but now
Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls Roman Catholic comprehensive school with boys in the sixth form.
Broughton Hall High School, A Technology College
References
External links
Broughton Hall High School Technology College
* Morton, B. (1995)
"Supporting Columns: Restoring a Cast Iron Conservatory"
''Context'' 48 (December 1995), Institute of Historic Building Conservation, accessed 21 November 2007.
Sisters of the Community of Our Lady of Mercy at Broughton Hall
Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool
Grade II* listed houses
Country houses in Merseyside
Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside
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