2016

SD6213 : Liverpool Castle (1)

taken 8 years ago, near to Grimeford Village, Lancashire, England

Liverpool Castle (1)
Liverpool Castle (1)
At first sight, this ruin at Coblowe Hillock near the Lower Rivington Reservoir looks like the remains of a mediæval castle. It is however a twentieth century folly. Liverpool Castle in Lever Park in Rivington is actually, a scaled replica of Liverpool's thirteenth century castle.

The original castle was probably erected in the 1230s, under the orders of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby. It was built to protect King John's new port, and was sited at the top of modern day Lord Street, the highest point in the city which overlooks the Pool. This corresponds to present day Derby Square and the Queen Victoria Monument SJ3490 : Queen Victoria and the Waterloo Memorial. Most of the original fortification had been destroyed or demolished by the early part of the eighteenth century. The Rivington replica was commissioned in 1912 by William Hesketh Lever (Lord Leverhulme), a philanthropist and the founder of Lever Brothers (now Unilever). It is a folly and was never intended to be completed. It was meant to look like a ruin that had stood for years.

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SD6213, 88 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 2 March, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 8 March, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 628 130 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:36.7388N 2:33.7983W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 628 130
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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