{"id":1953,"date":"2017-10-02T14:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2017-10-02T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:26:23","slug":"spooky-haunted-wallasey-mansion-stands-derelict-locals-fight-piece-wirral-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/spooky-haunted-wallasey-mansion-stands-derelict-locals-fight-piece-wirral-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky ‘Haunted’ Wallasey Mansion Stands Derelict as Locals Fight to Keep A Piece of Wirral History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Back in 2016, a scheme to create 85 homes was devised to save abandoned maritime\u00a0landmark Andrew Gibson house from demolition.<\/p>\n

The once stunning\u00a0mansion on Seabank Road, Wallasey still stands derelict and as spooky as ever.<\/p>\n

Plans to demolish this piece of local history came about after owners Nautilus Welfare Trust said it no longer met the requirements of its residents.<\/p>\n

The towering red-brick structure was built over 100 years ago and has stood empty for 10 years.<\/p>\n

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Constructed in 1906 with donations from Andrew Gibson, a wealthy Liverpool cotton merchant,\u00a0The Edwardian mansion was created to house widows of merchant Navy ship-masters and officers.<\/p>\n

The huge building\u00a0has since become a labyrinthine series of spooky corridors, abandoned rooms and smashed-up bathrooms, as shown in a video<\/a> from The Echo.<\/p>\n

Andrew Gibson house, which is set off from the main road, has a large looming presence and once stood as the grandest home in the area.\u00a0 The mansion\u00a0has now been fenced off from the public to protect against vandalism.<\/p>\n

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Picture from Amandanorman.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Few seem to know what will happen with the house.\u00a0 Locals have fought to try and keep the property with over 5,000 people signing a petition<\/a>\u00a0calling for the building to be saved.\u00a0 Over the years many people have enquired about the possibility of reclassifying the building as a grade-listed property but unfortunately, it lacks the necessary\u00a0special architectural or historic points of interest.<\/p>\n

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The once grand house has since fallen into great disrepair and currently looks like something from a Stephen King novel.<\/p>\n

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