Wood Hall and Wall to North of Front Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. House. 1 related planning application.

Wood Hall and Wall to North of Front Garden

WRENN ID
hollow-glass-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
House
Address
Wood Hall and Wall to North of Front Garden, Brewery Lane, Melling
OS grid reference
SD 379 003
Coordinates
53.49663, -2.93615
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wood Hall is a house dating from the late 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a stone slate roof. The front facade is likely from the 18th century and features a stone base and quoins, as well as a cornice. The windows have wedge lintels and are sashed with glazing bars. The central entrance is adorned with an architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a consoled pediment; the door has two lower fielded panels and a glazed upper section. Above the entrance, there is a stone with royal arms and the initials "IR," possibly referring to James II, which is likely a re-used element. The house has four gable-end stacks, and the rear displays varied fenestration.

Inside, there are some chamfered beams with stepped stops and several six-panel doors with H-hinges featuring short straps. To the north of the right-hand angle of the front facade, there is a stone wall approximately 50 meters long. Wood Hall is associated with the recusant Molyneux family and is reported to have been used for Catholic worship, with a possible priest hole next to the chimney breast. It is also believed that James II stayed at the house.

Local climate

Wood Hall and Wall to North of Front Garden sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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