Speke Hall in Liverpool is decorated for Christmas as it might have been in Victorian times but much of the house dates from the 1530's with the last wing being added in 1598. It was then a period of Catholic oppression and a hidden priest hole was built in to hide any priests. In a nearby bedroom a spy hole was cut in the chimney so that it was possible to see anyone approaching the house. In the courtyard high up in the eaves is an eavesdrop where it was possible to hear conversations outside. The house is a "magpie" building made of huge oak beams with smaller timbers to give it strength and infilled with wattle and daub with typically uneven walls and floors.
The extra shows the house from the front.