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The house and remaining estate remained in
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University of Liverpool is in the process of renovating the house, with the intention of reinstating its original features. On completion, the house will be used for university teaching facilities.
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in 1940, but in 1944 it too was donated to the
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for her lifetime. She made a number of substantial alterations to the building. A large part was rebuilt in the
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entered into an agreement with the
Rathbone Family to purchase the piece of land, part of which is now
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were also guests of the
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The main facade house consists of three bays, over two stories. There is a central, ground floor
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foundry, which at the time was owned by Hannah
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styles. The principal rooms contain both Gothic Revival and Neoclassical
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Plaque to William Rathbone & his daughter Eleanor at Greenbank House
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and pioneer of the state-funded family allowance, and her father,
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leased the family house and estate, which consisted of 24
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to serve as a country retreat for his young family.
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659:Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969).
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516:Greenbank and Other Rathbone Properties
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