Description

SJ 29 SE WALLASEY LEASOWE ROAD
(north side

2/46 Leasowe Castle
20.5.52
- II*

House, now hotel and conference centre. Octagonal tower,
1593, for Ferdinando Earl of Derby, 2 turrets added early
C17. Altered and extended 1818 by J. Foster Jun. Later
extensions mid C19. Stone with slate roofs, wings to north
and west are timber framed, that to north with brick ground
floor. L-plan, central 3-storey tower has turrets to south
and west, south east entrance front, and 2 wings. Entrance
front has central 4-storey centre and flanking 3-storey
projecting canted bays, top cornice and embattled parapet.
Windows have label moulds and most are sashed with glazing
bars, some with pointed upper panes or mullions and
transoms. Central porch has entrance with 4-centred head,
traceried spandrels and label mould; parapet has recumbent
lion. Original tower visible from south west. Extra storey
added c.1818 has deep corbels to roof on 2 sides; 2-light
window with shouldered lintels. Turrets have 3 coped gables
with ball finials. 2-light double-chamfered-mullioned
windows. Later wing has timber-framed 1st floor with end
canted stone turret. North wing of 9 bays and 3 storeys, 2
brick bay windows of 2 storeys and raking dormers.
Interior: Entrance has stair with iron balusters recording
names of British battles. Original tower has room, formerly
cellar, with entrances and recesses, some with Tudor heads;
original 1st floor entrance, now within turret, has lintel
with legs of Man (the Earls of Derby were Kings of Man).
Spiral stair in one turret leads to 2nd floor room with C17
fielded panelling and 4-panel doors with H-L hinges; bed
recess.

Listing NGR: SJ2647191863

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547227

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)