Thingwall House was a Jacobethan manor house built in 1869 by Henry Bright, the shipping magnate, and was originally known as Ashfield. It is set on a 4.8-acre (19,000 m) site in the district of Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England. It should not be confused with Thingwall Hall, a local stately home just a few minutes walk further south.

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  • Thingwall House was a Jacobethan manor house built in 1869 by Henry Bright, the shipping magnate, and was originally known as Ashfield. It is set on a 4.8-acre (19,000 m) site in the district of Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England. It should not be confused with Thingwall Hall, a local stately home just a few minutes walk further south. Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and American author Nathaniel Hawthorne are amongst the important guests who stayed at the house while it was owned by the wealthy Bright family. In 1921 it was bequeathed by the Bright family to the city of Liverpool on condition that it was held in trust to be used as a home for 'girls of feeble mind'. It was owned by the Knotty Ash Special School Trust with Liverpool Council serving as its trustees.
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  • Thingwall House was a Jacobethan manor house built in 1869 by Henry Bright, the shipping magnate, and was originally known as Ashfield. It is set on a 4.8-acre (19,000 m) site in the district of Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England. It should not be confused with Thingwall Hall, a local stately home just a few minutes walk further south.
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