New Hall is located to the north of Longmoor Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. Originally built as a model village, all the buildings in New Hall are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
History
editThe complex was built between 1887 and 1889. It was designed by Charles H. Lancaster for the West Derby Union as a colony to provide accommodation for children from the West Derby Workhouse. There was originally a farm, but this is no longer present.[1] During the 21st century it is being converted by Urban Splash to provide housing and office accommodation.[2]
Layout and architecture
editNew Hall consists of a broad avenue lined with a row of two-storey brick houses (originally called "cottages"). At the entrance to the avenue is the former superintendent's house and a probationary ward. In the centre of the avenue towards the end is a square containing a hall, and surrounded by other buildings, including a swimming bath and service buildings.[1][2] The houses are identical, each having a gabled five-bay front, and an H-shaped plan. The hall is a large building in red brick with sandstone dressings, and has tall round-headed windows along the sides, and a balustraded parapet. The front facing Longmoor Lane has a portico with a pediment carried on Corinthian pilasters, above which is a clock tower.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 428, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ^ a b What is New Hall?, Urban Splash, retrieved 22 July 2013