Gardens · North West England
The Illawalla
The Illawalla — a garden in england-north-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
The Illawalla is a garden of interest in england-north-west, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Illawalla was an Edwardian building in the Skippool area of Thornton, Lancashire, England. Built in 1902, it was demolished in 1996, after lying derelict for six years, to make way for three exclusive homes. Its name is preserved in the name of the road on which these houses now stand (The Illawalla) and also in the name of the adjacent cricket club (Thornton Cleveleys Cricket Club Illawalla), whose grounds partly occupy the land Illawalla stood on. Illawalla in Aboriginal Australian means the house of plenty. It is believed James Frederick Emery, one of the early owners of the property, gave it this name to reflect his spell as a government official in Australia.
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Background
History
Illawalla's architects were Tom Wilson Fairbrother and Charles Llewelyn Hall, of Fairbrother & Hall in Poulton-le-Fylde. Upon completion, it was the largest bungalow in Europe. According to a Blackpool Times article from 21 June 1902: One of the rooms featured a plaster frieze depicting wading birds along the nearby River Wyre. In the early 1950s, Emery leased the land overlooking the River Wyre to the local cricket club, who remain there today. David Taylor, grandson of Emery, grew up at Illawalla. He documents this period, and other parts of his life, in his 2020 book, Beloved Ghosts. In it, he reveals that his mother, Margaret, was murdered by his father, RC Taylor. Several of the…
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- Coordinates
- 53.8615, -2.9826
- Address
- Skippool Road
- Established
- 1902
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Illawalla?
- The Illawalla is in North-West England, United Kingdom.
- When was The Illawalla built?
- Built or established in 1902.
- Who owns The Illawalla?
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