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READER COMPETITION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONTESSA HOTELS
THE LEVERHULME HOTEL
Set in the picturesque Garden Village of
Port Sunlight on the Wirral peninsula,
this grade 2-listed art deco boutique
hotel is the very essence of the Contessa
genre – a finely tuned blend of classic
and contemporary influences that have
come together in a stunning hotel than
opened to critical acclaim following its
restoration in 2008.
The building was originally opened in
1907 as a cottage hospital. It formed
part of Lord Leverhulme’s philanthropic
scheme for Port Sunlight, the pioneering
estate designed to provide the very best
social facilities for his workforce (and
their families) at his neighbouring soap
works. The village today is recognised
as the finest example of its kind in the
country.
Lord Leverhulme was the first industrialist
to brand his products for mass
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consumption, thereby setting in train the
foundations for modern-day marketing.
He bought the rights to many of the
paintings of his era and packaged his soap
bars ‘Sunlight Soap’ in reproductions of
the pictures he owned.
The Hotel, along with the Lady Lever Art
Gallery – noted for its fine Wedgewood
and Pre-Raphaelites collections – and Port
Sunlight Museum form the centrepiece
of Port Sunlight Garden Village
today. Together they form a delightful
triumvirate of treasures to be savoured
and digested. The hotel is the ideal base
from which to explore the delights of this
fascinating legacy that stemmed from one
man’s unrivalled vision.
To find out more about the Leverhulme
Hotel, please visit: leverhulmehotel.co.uk
WIN AN
OVERNIGHT
STAY!
Wirral Life have teamed up
with our friends at the luxury
4 star Leverhulme Hotel in
Port Sunlight to give readers
the chance to win a luxurious
overnight stay for two with
breakfast.
To enter the competition, visit:
wirrallife.com/competitions
Entries close on Friday 12th
January 2018 at noon.
Good luck!