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Lever Castle, Rivington
Lever Park was officially opened to the public on the 10th October, 1911, but construction of Lever Castle at Coblowe on the eastern side of the Lower Rivington Reservoir overlooking Cross' Creek wasn't begun until 1912. Only a small number of stonemasons and labourers worked on the site, and the build, slow in progress, was abandoned in 1925 after Lord Leverhulme's death. Lever Castle appears to have been conceived as a ruin of the imagination, a soft-focus Gothic set-piece on the edge of the estate that heavily romanticised it's version of Liverpool Castle which had lain since 1599 in utter ruin and "grate defacement" by the banks of the River Mersey until it's final demolition in 1726.
It's apparent from walking around Lever Castle that Leverhulme's vision is a scaled-down replica with its tight, virtually impregnable corridors on the north side, though architecturally it is reasonably accurate to the researched plans drawn up by the 19th century local historian Edward Cox.
Lever Castle Location
Castle
Replica of Liverpool Castle
Latitude: 53.61252
Longitude: -2.56319
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Plan of Liverpool Castle
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Lever Castle Safety Warning
Danger Unsafe Building
Do Not Climb the Walls
Lever Castle is in a ruinous state and has been declared unsafe by the authorities. The masonry of the walls could be unstable. People have lost their lives attempting to climb onto the castle walls. Most of the castle can be seen in relative safety, on ground level.
You have been warned!
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