page_title: Banks, Lancashire
section_title: Greaves Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Banks, Lancashire / Architecture / Greaves Hall
caption_attribution_description: Ruins of Greaves Hall in Banks, Lancashire. A Mock Tudor mansion built in 1900, Greaves Hall suffered a major fire in July 2004 and is now claimed, by its developer owners, to be beyond repair.
context_page_description: Banks is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England, south of the Ribble estuary four miles north-east of Southport. The village is administered by West Lancashire Borough and North Meols Parish Council. It is in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census, the population was 3,792.
  Banks is the largest village in the parish of North Meols on the West Lancashire coastal plain. Like most of them, it was primarily an agricultural community due to the excellent soil, although there was fishing activity for many years. Production of flowers and vegetables is common on the farms surrounding the village. The proximity of Southport and Preston have led to its expansion as a dormitory for commuters.
context_section_description: Thomas Talbot Leyland Scarisbrick was born in 1874. He grew up in Southport and was educated in Lancashire. In 1900 he built Greaves Hall on a 124-acre (0.50 km²) site. It had a porter's lodge by the main entrance, a gardener's lodge, engineer's workshop, laundry and general workshop, all built close to the hall in a mock Tudor style. The mansion was surrounded by lawns and gardens filled with ornamental trees and flowering shrubs. The hall had approximately 55 rooms, open areas situated on the ground, first, second and attic floors and a vast basement.
  The Scarisbrick family lived at Greaves Hall until after the First World War when they moved to Scarisbrick Hall and sold the estate to a consortium of Banks farmers. The mansion stood empty while the land was cultivated by the consortium.
  The mansion and grounds were occupied by Sherbrook School for Girls. The school was closed when the Health Authority took over the hall as a TB hospital and subsequently for patients with mental health and learning disabilities from Liverpool during and after the Second World War. Greaves Hall Hospital had wards built in the grounds and the mansion house was used for administration. In the early 1990s the facility was moved to Southport.
  Given Grade II listed status in 1997, Greaves Hall suffered many fires and vandalism. Its owners have claimed it is beyond repair and two planning applications to demolish it were refused.
  On 4 August 2009 a small section of the roof collapsed and within days it was cleared and demolition started on 13 August.
caption: Greaves Hall before it was demolished
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