Hesketh Hall

BEBINGTON BOUNDARY ROAD SJ 3389 SE (north side) Port Sunlight 11/27 Hesketh Hall G.V. II

Technical institute, now British Legion branch. 1903. By J.J. Talbot. Stone, pebbledash 1st floor, hipped tile roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Top modillioned cornice with pedimented gablets to central 3 bays. Ground floor has round-headed windows of 3 lights with central sashes with glazing bars; end bay has 3 windows, the central one segmental headed, all are sashed with glazing bars. 1st floor has Diocletian windows to central 3 bays, 3-light windows to end bays, all with small-paned casements. Round-headed entrance has segmental hood on Tuscan columns, half-glazed doorcase with Ionic colonnettes and 6-panel door; fanlight has metal grille with the words "HESKETH HALL". Roof has ventilation drum with cupola on Tuscan columns, base is shingled. Right return similar, lateral stack and 2-storey bay window with swept segmental hood. Adjoining projecting 2-bay wing under 2 gables. Jettied gables have enriched frieze with animals, birds, a ship and dated cartouche. 1st bay has 1st floor jettied over 5-light rectangular bay window. 2nd bay has large 2-storey canted bay window with cornice. 1st floor has canted oriel with central round-headed light to 1st bay. Roof has ogival cupola with louvred sides. Interior altered, one room to wing has heavy timbers to roofs on cambered tie beams and central posts.

Listing NGR: SJ3378585184