Court Hey Hall or Gladstone Mansion, was built in 1836 by Robertson Gladstone, Elder brother to the four times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Court Hey was a sixty acre walled estate originally owed by the Earl of Derby. The Mansion was originally sited at the end of the drive near where the circular car park is and opposite the children's play area.

The Mansion was a large L shaped sandstone house with stable buildings, rose garden and a lodge at the corner of the lane in the north west of the park.

Robertson was the son of John Gladstone and soon after his education at Eaton, he began work in his father's business.
He married Mary Ellen Jones in 1836 and the mansion house was built the same year. His brother William Ewart Gladstone was a frequent visitor to court hey and on one occasion planted a commemorative tree in the grounds of the hall.

Robertson became a director of the railway and in 1842 Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He was also Chairman of the Financial Reform Association and a J.P. When he died in 1875, thousands of people attended his funeral.

One of Gladstone's six sons, Walter, lived at Court Hey until his death in 1919.

J. Bibby and Sons, a cattle food manufacturer bought the estate, and established an experimental poultry and cattle foods farm.

The building and grounds fell into disrepair and in 1951 the company sold the estate to Liverpool Council. The mansion house was demolished in 1956.
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