Huge fire at abandoned manor took hours to put out

The main seat of the blaze was put out in the early hours of Wednesday

A major fire which tore through an abandoned Grade I-listed manor house in Liverpool has been put out overnight, emergency services have said.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) arrived at Woolton Hall, on Speke Road, at 20:16 BST on Tuesday night.

Crews damped down the grounds, and the main body of fire was extinguished just before 02:00 BST, MFRS said.

It added that multiple fire engines and aerial appliances were still at the scene.

Built in 1704, Woolton Hall previously served as a hotel, an army hospital, a convent and a school but had fallen into disrepair in recent years.

Drone footage shared with the BBC shows the two-storey building's roof completely engulfed in flames and partially collapsed.

Drone footage showed the 18th Century manor house's roof engulfed by flames

The building previously caught fire in 2019, and the incident was treated as an arson attack by police.

Fire crews were able to prevent the flames from destroying the building six years ago.