Brimstage Hall is a medieval pele or fortified tower in the tiny hamlet of Brimstage tucked away in the heart of Wirral. Why such a tower, more suited to the lawless border regions between England and Scotland, should have been built in peaceful Cheshire remains a mystery.

There is no record of why, when or for whom it was built.

Almost certainly the original house was a compact, fortified, building of the pele tower type, standing at the centre of a fortified area of some sixty acres, the whole being enclosed within a moat and high embankment.

Expert opinion concerning the date of the original building range from 1175 to 1350.

The first recorded occupants were Sir Hugh Hulse and his Wife Marjory, who were granted a licence to build a chapel on the 11th February 1398, but there seems to be little doubt that the structure had been in existence for some time before that.

There are many who believe that a carved stone corbel in the corner of the so-called chapel (was The Craft Shop) is the original "Cheshire Cat", the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll's famous character, which had a notorious habit of disappearing, leaving only its smile behind.

The advent of a more peaceful times allowed the occupants of the house to remodel the building in a search a search for comfort. With the exception of the tower, the old house was partly lowered, and again with the exception of those in the tower, the arrow slits were replaced by windows. One blocked up arrow slits may still be seen in the vaulted room.

The building was extended in the sixteenth and again in the nineteenth centuries.