# Thingwall Hall

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**Thingwall Hall** is a former [stately home](/source/Stately_home) situated in the [Knotty Ash](/source/Knotty_Ash) district of [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), [England](/source/England). The grade II [listed building](/source/Listed_building) was built early in the 19th century and was originally set in 60 acres (240,000 m2) of grounds. It can upon occasion be mistaken for the nearby [Thingwall House](/source/Thingwall_House).

## History

According to [Stephen Harding](/source/Stephen_E._Harding)'s *Viking Mersey*, Thingwall Hall is on the site of a [Thing](/source/Thing_(assembly)) which, like [Thingwall](/source/Thingwall) on the Wirral and the [Tynwald](/source/Tynwald) on the Isle of Man (and [Dingwall](/source/Dingwall) and [Tingwall](/source/Tingwall_(disambiguation)) in Scotland), was one of the local Scandinavian parliaments in the Norse-occupied areas of the British Isles.[1]

A Liverpool [merchant](/source/Merchant) Thomas Crowther lived there in 1824 and at this time the hall was known as Summerhill. Thomas Case of the prominent Case family and also [Mayor](/source/Mayor) of Liverpool in 1817 lived there for a time. In 1845 the property was purchased from the [executors](/source/Executors) of Thomas Case by Samuel Thompson. It eventually descended through the important Thompson family, to his son and grandson, Samuel Henry Thompson and [Henry Yates Thompson](/source/Henry_Yates_Thompson) before being sold by Annie Thompson to Sir David Radcliffe at the beginning of 1899, who in turn sold the property to a land company in 1903.

The mansion house and 10 acres (40,000 m2) of the surrounding estate were subsequently purchased by a [Belgian](/source/Belgium) [religious institute](/source/Religious_institute), the [Brothers of Charity](/source/Brothers_of_Charity) and it became known as [St. Edward's Home](/source/St._Edward's_Home), a [poor law](/source/Poor_law) school and eventually a [residential care home](/source/Residential_care_home) and [sheltered accommodation](/source/Sheltered_housing) for vulnerable adults. Beyond the hall there is a small "village" of housing for the residents, along with a garden centre which provides some employment and activity for many of them.

In most recent years the land was purchased by a housing developer with the intent to construct up to 550 homes upon the site.

## See also

- [Listed buildings in Huyton with Roby](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Huyton_with_Roby)

## Notes

1. Harding 2002, pp. 143–144.

## References

- Harding, Stephen (2002). "Chapter 10: The Things of Wirral and West Lancashire". *Viking Mersey: Scandinavian Wirral, West Lancashire and Chester*. Countryvise Limited. pp. 141–152. ISBN 978-1-901231-3-42.

## External links

- [Picture of Thingwall Hall](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/36677)

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