LODGE to Woolton Tower, ('Thimble Hall'), Tower Way, c.1870?
Architect - unidentified

A small, stone-built lodge with rock-faced masonry and pointed arched window openings was designed so much in the same idiom as Woolton Tower that its date is likely to be similar. But as we can detect no occupant before 1871 and there is a detail in the working of the 'rock-facing' which is different from that of Woolton Tower perhaps this lodge was built c.1870? However it has been so very much altered that it has now quite lost its integrity.

Owners and Occupiers:

No occupants of this lodge are to be found in any Rates Books 1867-1911, but in the 1871 census we find Thomas Rimmer 52, a gardener born in Whiston living here. In 1881 the occupant is James Whellingham 57, gardener, here with his wife Emma age 62. From 1912-1920 the Directory lists William Atkinson as the lodge keeper. Following him was Donald Cleminson gardener until 1922, and from 1923 until at least 1925 the occupier was Edward Worsley, gardener.

On 7.9.1955 planning permission was granted for the conversion of Woolton Tower into three dwellings, architect Walter Lewis, L.R.I.B.A., and on 5.10.1955 outline planning permission was obtained for the Tower Way development. Woolton Park itself remained a private road until on 12.6.1964 it was adopted by the Local Authority.

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