Speke Hall, a National Trust Property, lies on the north bank of the Mersey, within a few hundred metres of the end of the runway for Liverpool airport.

It is one of the finest Tudor-era manor houses surviving. Previous owners were the Norrises, ^[1] the Beauclerks ^[2] and the Watts. ^[3]

The hall has a large Elizabethan fireplace with a massive carved oak mantel-beam and the walls are panelled with carved reliefs. The Great Parlour is finished with oak throughout and has a splendid early Jacobean plaster ceiling decorated with a design of fruit and flowers.

There are Rose and Stream gardens and woodland walks. The great embankment that shields the property to the south has spectacular views over the Mersey estuary.

For more information about Speke Hall click the following link:

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-spekehall/