Saving the building will be a three-stage process.

STAGE ONE
The tower and it's 17th century staircase are the features which give Bank Hall Grade 2* listed status, therefore it is essential to save and repair the tower first. Repair work is scheduled to commence in March 2002 for which £50,000 has been raised. This will fund essential repairs and a partial, but not complete reconstruction. More funds will be needed to complete the reconstruction of the tower walls, floors, staircase and clocks.

STAGE TWO
Feasibility Study
The building will undergo a complete and thorough structural inspection, end-to-end, to-to-bottom in order to determine the full extent of it's deterioration and to produce an accurate estimation of full restoration costs, based on a specific end-use.

STAGE THREE
The third stage will be an applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a financial award, the amount requested being determined by the findings of the structural study.

The Lottery Board will obviously enquire as to what use Bank Hall will ultimately be put. We currently have only two options available for consideration.

END-USE -THE OPTIONS
One option is to convert the interior of the building into several exclusive dwellings, (houses, apartments, or a mixture of both.)The lottery award would be used to make the scheme commercially viable. The end result would be very attractive and desirable, Bank Hall being an extremely prestigious address which will no doubt be much sought after.

However, a second option is possible, one which the Action Group is committed to supporting fully.

Bank Hall could become a residential college for autistic adults. The autism charity Autism Initiatives, based in Crosby and having educational and residential facilities in nearby Southport consider the hall as ideal for the purpose, both in size and location.

The west end of the building would be residential and the east end would contain workshops and studios, creating an attractive working environment. The prospect tower would become the Bank Hall Visitors Centre and Museum, thus retaining the public access that the Action Group consider an essential part of any proposed scheme to save the hall and grounds.