Looking across the park lake, Tunstall Manor which was demolished in the 1920s can be seen.
Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Service" collection
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Tunstall Manor was built in 1895/6, designed by architect T.L. Banks. It was commissioned by Matthew Gray, elder son of Sir William Gray. Matthew, however, died in 1896 before the house was completed and it was taken over by his younger (and only) brother, William Cresswell Gray. The house was in the area where Manor Road is now. The gatehouse is still on the corner of Cresswell Drive and Serpentine Road, where the arched entrance can be seen although it is now a room of the house. William Cresswell Gray died in 1924, and the house was demolished some years ago.
More detail »Ward Jackson Park was opened in 1883 to the memory of Ralph Ward Jackson, the founder of West Hartlepool who had died in 1881. It was built by public subscription,the 17 acres of land being purchased from Mr Wooler of Sadberge Hall who donated 2 of the acres himself.
The lodge house was also built in 1883, the current bandstand in 1901(although there had been another one prior to this) and the drinking fountain, presented by Alderman Rickinson to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, was also opened in 1901.
The clock tower which faces Grange Road was built in 1925.
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