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[ 0 => ''''Dawpool''' was a [[country house]] in the village of [[Thurstaston]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]], [[Merseyside]], England. It was built for the shipowner [[Thomas Henry Ismay]] in 1882–86 and designed by [[Richard Norman Shaw]]. Ismay died in 1899, the family moved out of the house in 1907, and it was demolished in 1927. Parts of the house were re-used in other buildings. Two buildings associated with the house, a lodge and the stables, have survived and are [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed buildings]].', 1 => '==History==', 2 => false, 3 => 'The estate of Dawpool was bought in 1877 by [[Thomas Henry Ismay]], shipowner and founder of the [[White Star Line]]. He demolished the house on the site and commissioned [[Richard Norman Shaw]] to design a new house.<ref name=lost>{{Citation | url = http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/houses/lh_cheshire_dawpool.html| title = Dawpool| accessdate = 17 December 2014| publisher = Lost Heritage}}</ref>{{efn|Shaw was later to design [[Albion House, Liverpool|Albion House]] in [[Liverpool]] as headquarters for the shipping line.{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}}}} The house was built between 1882 and 1886.{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}} Ismay died in 1899 at Dawpool,<ref>{{Citation | last = Read| first = J. Gordon | title = Ismay, Thomas Henry (1837–1899)| work = [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | origyear = 2004| year = 2012| url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14494| accessdate = 17 December 2014 }} ({{ODNBsub}})</ref> and the family moved out of the house in 1907.{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}} It was then sold to F.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;Rutter and was used as an orthopaedic hospital for officers in the First World War. The house was later sold to Sir&nbsp;Henry Roberts, and it was demolished in 1927.<ref name=lost/> Before the house was demolished a sale was held and parts of the house were re-used elsewhere. The chimneypiece from the dining room went to form part of the entrance to what is now a restaurant in Borough Road, [[Birkenhead]],{{sfnp|Harwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=151|ps=}} Another fireplace was installed in The Pantheon, [[Portmeirion]].<ref name=lost/> Parts of other chimneypieces went to private houses in [[Heswall]] and [[Bebington]], and other pieces went to [[Llandudno]], and to Iwerne Minster House, in [[Dorset]].{{sfnp|Harwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=638|ps=}} A smaller house was later built on the site.<ref name=lost/>', 4 => false, 5 => '==Description and appraisal==', 6 => false, 7 => 'Dawpool was a large house, built in [[sandstone]], and in [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] style. It was asymmetrical, and its features included [[gable]]s, [[bay window]]s, and large [[mullion]]ed windows. Inside the house was a large gallery with a [[barrel vault]]ed ceiling.{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}} The house reputedly cost over £50,000 to build, and the materials used were of the highest quality.<ref name=lost/> Hartwell ''et al'' comment that it was one of Shaw's major works, and one of the first of his to be destroyed.{{sfnp|Harwell|Hyde|Hubbard|Pevsner|2011|p=638|ps=}} However de Figueiredo and Treuherz comment that the house showed Shaw "at his most grim and stark",{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=9|ps=}} and that it was a "dark, forbidding house".{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}} It was not liked by other members of the family, Ismay's wife commenting that "the house had served its purpose in keeping [her husband] amused for fifteen years".<ref name=lost/>', 8 => false, 9 => '==Associated structures==', 10 => false, 11 => 'Two buildings also designed by Shaw and associated with the house have survived, a lodge and the stables.{{sfnp|de Figueiredo|Treuherz|1988|p=228|ps=}} The lodge stands at the entrance to the drive. It is in sandstone with a Welsh [[slate]] roof, and has an L-shaped plan. Its gate [[pier (architecture)|piers]] are inscribed with [[liver bird]]s, a symbol of Liverpool. The lodge, its gates and gate piers are recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1343519|desc= South Lodge with attached gates and gate piers, Thurstaston|accessdate= 17 December 2014|separator=,|ps=}}</ref> Opposite the lodge, and on the other side of the road are the former stables, which have been converted into a house known as The Clock Tower. The building is in stone with tiled roofs, with two storeys and a six-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] front. The middle two bays rise to a greater height, contain a clock face, and have an [[embattled]] [[parapet]] and a pyramidal roof. This building is also designated Grade&nbsp;II.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1115685|desc= The Clock Tower, Thurstaston|accessdate= 17 December 2014|separator=,|ps=|fewer-links=x}}</ref>', 12 => false, 13 => '==Notes==', 14 => '{{notelist}}', 15 => false, 16 => '==References==', 17 => '{{portal|Merseyside}}', 18 => ''''Citations'''', 19 => '{{Reflist|30em}}', 20 => ''''Sources'''', 21 => '{{refbegin}}', 22 => '*{{Citation | last = de Figueiredo| first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = Treuherz | first2 = Julian | author2-link = | publication-date = | date = | year = 1988 | title = Cheshire Country Houses | edition = | volume = | series = | publication-place = Chichester | place = | publisher = Phillimore | isbn = 0-85033-655-4}}', 23 => '*{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire |edition= | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| origyear=1971| location =New Haven and London| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}', 24 => '{{refend}}', 25 => false, 26 => '==External links==', 27 => '*[http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/houses/lh_cheshire_dawpool_info_gallery.html Photographs of the exterior]', 28 => '*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/exhibitions/palaces/dawpool.aspx The exterior and Albion House]', 29 => '*[http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk/SingleResult/Default.aspx?id=1728398&t=Quick&cr=dawpool&io=False&l=all Photograph of the interior of the gallery]', 30 => false, 31 => '{{coord|53.3505|-3.1347|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}' ]