Seaforth House

Seaforth House was a mansion in Seaforth, Merseyside, England, built in 1813 for Sir John Gladstone, father of William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times.

Sir John had lived on Rodney Street, Liverpool, and decided that he wanted to move his young family away from the city centre.

The mansion was built on 100 acres (0.40 km2) of Litherland marsh, four miles (6 km) north-northwest of Liverpool.

The Liverpool Post of 9 April 1913 recorded that the mansion "... was well remembered by many – a long, somewhat low building, having a veranda along the front, facing Elm-road", whilst John Preston Neale observed in his Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen "the house is not large, but is particularly commodious in the disposition of the apartments, with a pleasing exterior."

[1] The letters mention alterations to the library and picture gallery and the building of a major extension.