NEW LOOK!
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Viewing Childwall Abbey through the ages. It has been on the corner of Childwall Abbey Road since the
15th Century!
15th Century!
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The Childwall Abbey Inn has been known by this name for at least a Century. After delving in to old records, I have come to the conclusion that it is really a renovated Chapel, probably the Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr which is known as far back as 1484.
It must not be forgotten that a monastery chapel often is found next to a church.
Childwall Abbey is a mixture of the 15th and 20th century. Forget the Motor Cars in the courtyard, and pass through the low entrance in to the hall and it seems an easy transition from the days of George V to the day when Harry VII, the first tudor King of England was crowned by an owner of Childwall.
The splendid old oak furniture, the quaint old spinning wheels, the old engravings, painting and armour which with the hall is decorated, captivates the imagination at once, and when the eye lights on the wonderful old window at the head of the stairway it does not be an antiquary to conjure before one's eyes pictures of long-vanished monks, lords and Knights that have once sheltered in the Abbey walls.
The Inn has always been a favourite stopping place of distinguished actors who have been staying in Liverpool and many of them have scratched their names on the windows. Amongst the many well know names to be found in the visitors book are: Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, E.J.Willard, Ruth Vincent and J. M. Barrie.
Irving was fond of smoking a cigar in the old room facing the garden and Ellen Terry was never so happy as when she was roaming through the gardens with its bowling green.
It must not be forgotten that a monastery chapel often is found next to a church.
Childwall Abbey is a mixture of the 15th and 20th century. Forget the Motor Cars in the courtyard, and pass through the low entrance in to the hall and it seems an easy transition from the days of George V to the day when Harry VII, the first tudor King of England was crowned by an owner of Childwall.
The splendid old oak furniture, the quaint old spinning wheels, the old engravings, painting and armour which with the hall is decorated, captivates the imagination at once, and when the eye lights on the wonderful old window at the head of the stairway it does not be an antiquary to conjure before one's eyes pictures of long-vanished monks, lords and Knights that have once sheltered in the Abbey walls.
The Inn has always been a favourite stopping place of distinguished actors who have been staying in Liverpool and many of them have scratched their names on the windows. Amongst the many well know names to be found in the visitors book are: Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, E.J.Willard, Ruth Vincent and J. M. Barrie.
Irving was fond of smoking a cigar in the old room facing the garden and Ellen Terry was never so happy as when she was roaming through the gardens with its bowling green.
From left to right: Entrance Hall, Coffee Room, Smoking Room - only the Smoking Room is recognisable today!
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