Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight
{{Short description|Event venue in Port Sunlight, Wirral, England, formerly also a music venue}}
{{About|the 20th-century house in Port Sunlight, Wirral||Hulme Hall (disambiguation)}}
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Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight, on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England, is a Grade II listed building, first registered as such in 1965.
History
The building was designed by William Owen and his son, Segar.{{cite book |title=Buildings of England: Cheshire |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England, Ireland, and Scotland Series |first1=Nikolaus |last1=Pevsner |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |first2=Edward |last2=Hubbard |edition=Reprinted, revised |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1971 |isbn=978-0-30009-588-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl99LwM8BYgC&pg=PA308 |page=308}} Built in 1901 as a women's dining hall, it became an art gallery from 1911, housing some of the collection of William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, prior to its removal to the Lady Lever Art Gallery around 1922.{{cite book |title=Public Art Collections in North-west England: A History and Guide |first=Edward |last=Morris |publisher=Liverpool University Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-85323-527-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sks583w0MXkC&pg=PA143 |page=143}}{{cite journal |journal=Orientalia |title=Canpoic Jars in the Lady Lever Art Gallery |first=Barry J. |last=Kemp |author-link=Barry J. Kemp |volume=37 |issue=1 |year=1968 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcwteqOSY6UC&pg=PA65}} During World War I, the artworks were packed away and the building housed refugees from Belgium.{{cite book |title=The King Of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up The World |first=Adam |last=Macqueen |publisher=Random House |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-44648-845-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mqj9HnfmdwC&pg=PA239 |page=239}}
The Beatles gave four performances at Hulme Hall, the first on 7 July 1962.{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/07/07/live-hulme-hall-port-sunlight/|title=Live: Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight|work=The Beatles Bible|accessdate=29 October 2016}} On 18 August 1962, Hulme Hall served as the venue for Ringo Starr's first official performance as a Beatle following the sacking of Pete Best;{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/08/18/live-hulme-hall-port-sunlight-2-ringo-starr-first-beatles-show/|title=Live: Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight – Ringo Starr's first official show as a Beatle|work=The Beatles Bible|accessdate=29 October 2016}} the band's first performance as the Fab Four.{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/beatles-birthplace-marked-halls-new-3340639|title=Beatles' birthplace is to be marked by Hall's new plaque|work=Liverpool Echo|first=Liam|last=Murphy|date=25 July 2012|accessdate=29 October 2016}} Other shows followed on 6 and 27 October 1962.{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/10/06/live-hulme-hall-port-sunlight-3/|title=Live: Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight|work=The Beatles Bible|accessdate=29 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/10/27/live-hulme-hall-port-sunlight-4/|title=Live: Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight|work=The Beatles Bible|accessdate=29 October 2016}}
Recent use
It has been used as a community centre{{NHLE|num=1183574|desc= Hulme Hall, Bolton Road|accessdate=31 May 2015}} and, {{as of|2015|lc=yes}}, it is used as a conference, banqueting and wedding centre.{{cite web |title=Hulme Hall |url=http://www.hulmehall.com |accessdate=31 May 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.hulmehall.com/}}
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