A significant fire, described by many outlets as 'devastating', broke out at Woolton Hall, a Grade I‑listed building on Speke Road in Liverpool during the evening of 19 August 2025.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) were alerted at 20:09 BST and arrived by 20:16 BST to find the three‑storey stone structure fully ablaze. With five fire engines and an aerial platform deployed, firefighters quickly established water supplies and began efforts to contain the inferno. By 21:30, the number of engines had risen to nine, and crews refrained from entering the building as the roof had already collapsed.
