Speke Hall

Entrance and front of house

Tudor manor house of a Catholic family. This house is eight miles from Liverpool and sits on the edge of the Mercy River.

Inside courtyard

It was built around a court yard which is unusual and had a moat (now drained) where fish were kept.

Moat

                       Built in the 1500's it is a well preserved example of the houses of the time.

 

Great Hall

Hall circling court yard

Being the home of a Catholic family it had it's priest hole used during Henry VIII and Cromwell's times.

Rear of house rose garden on left.