Our latest spooky tale by Tom Slemen for the New Year, focuses on "a white lady" who haunts the ruins of a popular park....
Allerton Towers is a beautiful 35 acre park situated off Menlove Avenue and Woolton Road, and the name of the park is derived from the name of a beautiful Italianate mansion that once stood proudly in the grounds – but is now just an ivy-tapestried ruin.
Allerton Towers, designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, the architect of St George’s Hall, was completed in 1849, and inhabited by the illustrious and super-rich Earle family; but by 1924, the mansion had fallen into disrepair and was subsequently given to the Council, who decided to demolish the mansion in 1937 because deep-rooted dry rot had taken an extensive hold upon its structure.
