Mendips, 251 Menlove Ave

Heritage Site in Lancashire

England

Mendips, 251 Menlove Ave

Camp Hill: The Sunken Garden When the City of Liverpool acquired the Woolton Woods and Camp Hill sites in the 1920s, the Dutch Garden of Meditation was created here in 1928. The pool and garden ornaments in that garden have long since disappeared and the area is now known as the Sunken Garden.

Please see Sue Adair&#039;s <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/338286">SJ4285 : Sunken Garden, Woolton Woods</a> for a view, in the opposite direction, from 2007. — Camp Hill: The Sunken Garden Credit: Nigel Cox

Mendips, located at 251 Menlove Ave in Lancashire, is a significant heritage site that holds great historical and cultural value. This modest semi-detached house was the childhood home of the legendary musician and songwriter, Sir Paul McCartney, who lived here from 1945 until 1964.

The house itself is a typical 1930s suburban property, representing the working-class background of McCartney's family. It consists of two floors and features a red-brick exterior with a small front garden. The interiors have been preserved to reflect the period style, with original furniture and household items that take visitors back to the 1950s and 1960s.

Mendips has now been transformed into a museum, allowing fans and tourists to explore the early life of one of the most influential musicians of all time. Visitors can walk through the rooms where McCartney spent his formative years and gain insight into his upbringing, including his musical influences and early songwriting endeavors. The museum also showcases personal items, photographs, and memorabilia that offer a glimpse into McCartney's life during this period.

Mendips is not only a pilgrimage site for Beatles enthusiasts but also a place that provides a unique perspective on the cultural and social history of post-war Liverpool. It offers an intimate and personal connection to the life of a music icon, making it a must-visit destination for fans, historians, and anyone interested in the evolution of popular music.

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Mendips, 251 Menlove Ave Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.377/-2.882 or Grid Reference SJ4187. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Camp Hill: The Sunken Garden

When the City of Liverpool acquired the Woolton Woods and Camp Hill sites in the 1920s, the Dutch Garden of Meditation was created here in 1928. The pool and garden ornaments in that garden have long since disappeared and the area is now known as the Sunken Garden. Please see Sue Adair's SJ4285 : Sunken Garden, Woolton Woods for a view, in the opposite direction, from 2007.

Nigel Cox

Road works on Broadmead, Allerton

Chris Morgan

Book Shop

Book shop in Calderstone's Park

Paul Foster

Lodge, Childwall Abbey Road, Liverpool

Castellated lodge to a castellated house, Childwall Hall, which was pulled down in 1949. Dated c1835-45. Grade II listed.

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Childwall Woods, Liverpool

Landscaped and romanticised as the grounds of Childwall Hall, pulled down in 1949. Paths were cut through sandstone Location of the photo is uncertain.

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Lodge and gateway, Woolton Road, Liverpool

At the entrance to Bishop Eton Monastery. By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, c1845. Grade II* listed.

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St Joseph's Home, Woolton Road, Liverpool

By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, c1844, for Henry Sharples; the house was originally called Oswaldcroft. The entrance front is quite severe with large expanses of plain wall. Pugin also did the lodge, "the only A.W.N. Pugin-designed lodge at an A.W.N. house". Grade II* listed. Possibly now flats.

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Brown Cow, Halewood Road, Liverpool

Lively and heavily-timbered pub - probably a stretch to call it half-timbered. Grade II listed. It re-opened in 2021 under the ownership of Hawthorn, a community pub company.

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19 Halewood Road, Liverpool

A three-bay house in chequered brick. Early C19th. Grade II listed.

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28 Gateacre Brow, Liverpool

A spirited affair, half-timbered with a corner turret and pargetting "apparently moulded from Flemish C17 panels illustrating scenes from the Bible". By W. Aubrey Thomas, 1889-91. Grade II listed. At the time it was advertised for sale. Part of it was occupied by Hair Fairy Wigs.

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4 Gateacre Brow, Liverpool

The only unaltered Georgian house in a short run. Built in the distinctive local red sandstone. Grade II listed.

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Grange Lodge, Grange Lane, Liverpool

The conspicuous half-timbered parts date from 1867 and the 1890s, and the brick section beyond is 1820s, but the garden front has parts dating back to the mid C17th. Grade II listed.

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Soarer Cottages, Grange Lane, Liverpool

Four attractive houses in brick and stone by R.T. Beckett, 1896, for William Hall Walker. Grade II listed.

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Former stables, Grange Lane, Liverpool

Extensive former stabling for the clearly numerous polo ponies of William Hall Walker, who lived at Gateacre Grange. By R.T. Beckett, 1895. Grade II listed. Converted to housing in 1982.

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Former pub, Grange Lane, Liverpool

Built as a house, Gorsey Cop, in the 1850s but latterly a pub - Grange Manor and then the Crying Tree. Grade II listed. It appears to have closed not too long before this photo, and is still disused in 2023.

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Grange Lane, Liverpool

On the right stood the late 1950s/early c1960s Gateacre Comprehensive School, Liverpool's first comp, recently demolished. The whole thing is now a housing estate.

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Gateway, Halewood Road, Liverpool

A fine early C18th rusticated example, once leading to a house (Gateacre Hall?) which was demolished in 2004 for new blocks of flats. Grade II listed.

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