A devastating fire has torn through Woolton Hall, one of Liverpool’s most important Georgian landmarks, leaving the Grade I-listed building roofless and badly damaged.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the abandoned manor on Speke Road on Tuesday evening. The blaze, which engulfed the two-storey building’s roof, took several hours to bring under control and was extinguished in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Drone footage showed flames ripping through the 18th-century property, with the roof collapsing before firefighters managed to contain the fire.

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