Commisson from The Port Sunlight Village Trust, presented to Maggie Sparks, Chair of Trustees at the Trust upon her retirement, September 2017.

Standing at the heart of Port Sunlight village, the ornamental archway and gardens were designed by Lever Brothers architect James Lomax-Simpson and erected in 1933. Created using Portland stone, the garden was installed in part to complete what was at that time an unfinished area of the village. As well as creating a piece of beauty and tranquillity for village residents and employees, the scheme also served to hide the unsightly back of Hulme Hall (behind the viewpoint here). In 1989 after the Hillsborough disaster, a memorial tablet was unveiled by Unilever Merseyside Limited inside the garden in memory of the company’s employees affected by the tragedy. It is now known as the Hillsborough Memorial Garden. Described as one of the finest urban vistas in North West England, the Port Sunlight War Memorial and Lady Lever Art Gallery can be seen through the archway beyond the garden.