Court Hey Hall was a mansion in England built for

Robertson Gladstone Robertson Gladstone, (15 November 1805 – 23 September 1875) was an English merchant and politician. He was the second son, and third child of Sir John Gladstone and the brother of William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister of the United Ki ...

(1805–1875), elder brother of

William Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...

. The hall was built c.1836 in the west of what is now Knowsley borough in Merseyside. The architect may have been John Cunningham, the designer of Liverpool Lime Street railway station. The estate stayed in the Gladstone family until the death of one of his sons in 1919, then was purchased in the same year by J. Bibby and Sons, cattle food manufacturers. The hall was used as a sports and social centre for the Bibby employees. By 1948 the hall was beginning to deteriorate and in 1951 the company sold it and the estate to

Huyton-With-Roby Huyton with Roby Urban District was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It consisted of the civil parish of ''Huyton with Roby'' which comprised the settlements of Huyton and Roby. It replaced the Huyton with R ...

Council. The hall was demolished in 1956 and part of the grounds were turned into a public park called

Court Hey Park Court Hey Park is a park in the Bowring Park suburb of Knowsley borough in Merseyside, England. It lies about east of Liverpool city centre. History Court Hey Park can be traced back to 1783 when it was a farmer's field forming part of the es ...

; the remainder of the estate was used for housing development. Between 2001 and 2017 the park was the home of the National Wildflower Centre.

Sources

* ''In and Around Broad Green, Liverpool''. 1991. Edward Barker.

References

{{Reflist Buildings_and_structures_in_Merseyside Demolished buildings and structures in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1956 John Cunningham buildings