THE art deco Littlewoods building in Liverpool's Edge Lane is to be turned into a new hotel, apartment complex, retail space and commercial centre, it was announced last night.


The scheme will be carried out by award-winning regeneration developers Urban Splash, the company that has already rescued the Matchworks at Garston and the former Liverpool Collegiate in Shaw Street.


Liverpool Land Development Company, the public-private regeneration agency, announced the former Littlewoods Pools headquarters - which is owned by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) - will be restored by urban Splash as preferred developers.


More (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16276002%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=littlewoods%2d%2dgrand%2dart%2ddeco%2dh q%2dwins%2dnew%2dlease%2dof%2dlife-name_page.html)....

That's great news. It's such a nice building.

Development plans for the iconic old Littlewoods building on Edge Lane have been unveiled.

The iconic art deco Littlewoods building in Edge Lane is to get a new lease of life as an apartment complex with a hotel and retail space attached.

Take a tour around the building: Here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/image_galleries/littlewoods_building_gallery.shtml).....

Its a great building, so it deserves to be redeveloped and not left to rot away

Info and links to pictures:

Here (http://www.euromatech.com/circa1900/liv_deco10.htm)

Info and links to

pictures:

Here (http://www.euromatech.com/circa1900/liv_deco10.htm)

Thanks for that link.
I see the Co-op isn't

there.
Nor the Forum/ABC cinema or any other cinemas.
Nor Smart's in Bold Street or the Rolls-Royce showroom (now Oxfam) also in Bold Street.
Nor

the Telephone Exchange in Old Hall Street.
I'd better stop there.

We should start an art deco thread in the exploration section, see if anyone has any pics.

Got any snaps?

Got any snaps?
Didn't you post a link to another site Kev? I can't find it now:neutral:
Anyways, the most

obvious Art Deco bldg in Liverpool is Speke Airport. I think Dave W (http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk) has some

crackers.

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/spekeap.jpg

Beat this for Scouse Art Deco:celb (6):

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/ad1.jpg

Georges Dock Ventilation

Station...

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/georges/Asc_0021.jpg

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/geo

rges/Asc_0029.jpg

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/georges/Asc_0031.jpg

Beat this for Scouse Art Deco

Nice one Dave that's lovely in there is that inside the old airport building?

Hiya Paul,
nah, it's in India

Buildings.
BTW, in Liverpool tomorrow meeting up with one of my heroes Tom Murphy:PDT_Piratz_26:

He's a top man,I used to e-mail him over that wonder of the west statue of his and he

always took time out to reply I only wish it had got built.:disgust:

He's a cracking lad and loves a chat. If you ever felt the need to phone him, let me know and I'll PM you his

phone number:PDT_Piratz_26:

He's a cracking lad and loves a chat. If you ever felt the need to phone him, let me know and I'll PM you his phone

number:PDT_Piratz_26:

Thanks Dave.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

BTW, I used a

tripod (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2368) to take my interior shot of India Buildings:PDT_Piratz_26:

Didn't you post a link to another site

Kev? I can't find it now:neutral:

I did, yes it is here (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210). The idea

here, being we share our snaps of art deco Liverpool. I know we've all got a few.



http://static.flickr.com/72/201809690_0b9c408429.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/201809690/)



http://static.flickr.com/67/201810091_2c47a516d9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/201810091/)



http://static.flickr.com/50/141304801_d12bbba995.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/141304801/)



http://static.flickr.com/51/141227070_935a70f2fb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/141227070/)

Thanks Kev

Georges

Dock Ventilation

Station...

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/georges/Asc_0021.jpg

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/geo

rges/Asc_0029.jpg

http://www.level-two.co.uk/reports/images/georges/Asc_0031.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70933834@N00/222852760/http://static.flickr.com/54/222852760_d70545b7cf_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/

photos/70933834@N00/222852760/)




:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

BTW, I used a

tripod (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2368) to take my interior shot of India Buildings:PDT_Piratz_26:

I think

I'd have no problems using a tripod in India Buildings, or any other of the touristy sites, where every other person is a snapper.
Meanwhile, I'll carry

on & get pictures of other buildings/areas which aren't done ad nauseum.
I've been rather surprised at how personal some of the posts have become.

http://www.shipandmitre.co.uk/images/pub_front_small.jpg
Ship and Mitre (http://www.shipandmitre.co.uk/), Dale Street

is this church Art Deco style ? St Columbas Pinehurst rd, Anfield.

I'm not familiar with that church, but

I'm sure it's not Art Deco.

We do have some fine Art Deco buildings in the area. The fairground at New Brighton is one of my favourites, of course

along with John Moores' Littlewoods Pools building on Edge Lane. This is one of the finest examples in the country.

I've got loads of local photos

inc. some Deco buildings that I'm currently working to get online. I'll let you know when I've done so.

I wasn't

sure about that church, but I thought maybe it could have been because of it's shape.

is this church Art

Deco style ? St Columbas Pinehurst rd, Anfield.

Yes, it is Art Deco.
It opened in 1932 and was designed by Bernard A. Miller, who also

designed St Christopher's in Norris Green which was built in 1930-33.
They are both Listed Buildings.

I

stand corrected. There we have it. Early 1930s Art Deco. Its not as 'obvious' as some Art Deco buildings, but you can see when you look at the detail

towards the top that it is in fact Art Deco.

I'd love to see the interior of that building.

I stand corrected. There we have it. Early 1930s Art Deco. Its not as 'obvious' as some Art Deco buildings, but you can see

when you look at the detail towards the top that it is in fact Art Deco.

I'd love to see the interior of that building.

This is a

picture of the interior of St Columba's Church from David Lewis' book "The Churches of Liverpool" (The Bluecoat Press, 2001).
As you say, it's not too

obvious, but the curves and the ceiling are giveaways.

Littlewoods

Building, Edge Lane:

http://static.flickr.com/119/288492307_e8f35453ce.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/288492307/)

The Vernons building at Aintree was

also art-deco.
Passed it on the train yesterday and saw that only the central tower remains.

Littlewoods Building, Edge

Lane:

http://static.flickr.com/119/288492307_e8f35453ce.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/288492307/)

You

took that from the tower too?

Man, you get far away buildings from up there.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Stanley Hall, would someone confirm if it is Art Deco?

http://static.flickr.com/140/318077537_ae4580bffe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/318077537/)

http://static.flickr.com/128/318077459_2bb6bb3c13.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/318077459/)

Stanley Hall, would someone confirm if it is Art Deco?

http://static.flickr.com/140/318077537_ae4580bffe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/318077537/)

http://static.flickr.com/128/318077459_2bb6bb3c13.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/318077459/)

It is.

Stanley Hall, would someone confirm if it is Art Deco?



The Stanley Hall opened in 1938, so it does includes features of the time, but I wouldn't call it Art-Deco.
For that matter, India Buildings and Martins Bank are more classical in design than Art-Deco.

I'm stating the obvious, but the Philharmonic Hall is a real example of Art-Deco.

Exchange Buildings...

http://www.forties-design.co.uk/photos/flags3/Dsc_0203.jpg

http://www.forties-design.co.uk/photos/flags3/Dsc_0191.jpg

Blackburn Assurance Building and the Ship and Mitre pub both on Dale St, The Crown pub on the East Lancs road plus some churches.

All of the 1930s Corpy tenements including lots of still existing housing on Queens Drive and in Speke (with concrete pots on the roofline)

I would like to see lots of photos of these as I think that was the best recent most architecture - I find buildings of the 50s, 60s, 70s quite bland.

There's the old British Gas building in Bold Street and 'Ath-Leisure' in Tarleton Street

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/BOLDSTREET.jpg

Does anybody know whose this building was in Dale Street? I think it's a gents clothes shop.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/BOLDSTREET.jpg

Does anybody know whose this building was in Dale Street? I think it's a gents clothes shop.

That's Microzine in Bold Street. Before that it was Coopers Food Hall but I'm not sure of the history before that.

That's Microzine in Bold Street. Before that it was Coopers Food Hall but I'm not sure of the history before that.

This is one of my favourite shop frontages in Liverpool, yet there's never been anything written about it.
Any guesses, anyone?

I didn't know that there used to be a Coopers in Bold st. I only knew the one in Church st. I can just about recall going in there when I was little.
Can't remember much about what it looked like but I remember the lovely aroma of deli foods, meats, cheeses and the smell of ground coffee. :)

I didn't know that there used to be a Coopers in Bold st. I only knew the one in Church st. I can just about recall going in there when I was little.
Can't remember much about what it looked like but I remember the lovely aroma of deli foods, meats, cheeses and the smell of ground coffee. :)

The name was just a coincidence, Lindy.
The original Coopers had gone out of business years before this one in Bold Street.

Yes... Bold Street, that's what I meant to write.

Also, there's another interesting building nearby. It's on a corner (possibly the corner of Newington or Heathfield St). I think it's now Oxfam, does anyone have any info?

ooh, silly me ! :o .. I thought it odd that I hadn't heard of another Coopers food hall. :D

Can you remember what the shop in Bold st was ?

This is one of my favourite shop frontages in Liverpool, yet there's never been anything written about it.
Any guesses, anyone?
Nice building. The top floor still retains some original features. I was at one of their dos in November when I took these pics.

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine001.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine002.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine003.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine004.jpg

Yes... Bold Street, that's what I meant to write.

Also, there's another interesting building nearby. It's on a corner (possibly the corner of Newington or Heathfield St). I think it's now Oxfam, does anyone have any info?

Newington.
Apart from them both being in Bold Street and both art-deco, there's another connection.
Any guesses?

A lack of ladies in them pics.:shock:

Still some nice ones though.:unibrow:

A lack of ladies in them pics.:shock:

Here you go Max:PDT_Piratz_26:

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine005.jpg

Here you go Max:PDT_Piratz_26:

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/microzine005.jpg

http://www.picpop.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11052/WOOHOO.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/scoulton/ForumPics/gw%20id%20hit%20it.jpg

Both these buildings were built for W. Watson, a motor car dealer.
65-67 in 1935, and 35-37 (now Oxfam) in 1939.
35-37 was a completely new building, but 65-67 had a new front put on to an existing building.

Here's a potted history.
65-67 Bold Street.
Built 1828 as a chapel.
Rebuilt in about 1850, the upper floor became a place of entertainment, called the Queen’s Hall, Panorama Hall, Queen’s Operetta House and Bijou Opera House.
This phase finished about the early 1890s when the upper floor became the Yamen Café.
The art deco frontage was built in 1935 for W. Watson, motor car dealers. Note the repeated “W” motif.
The upstairs room still looks rather like it did in the Yamen Café days.

35/37 Bold Street, corner of Newington, built for W. Watson as Rolls-Royce showrooms. Now Oxfam.

These pics are from postcards.
One of them was used in 1909.
Dave's photos confirm that the interior is still similar (but not identical) to how it was in Edwardian times.
The early history is from "Annals of the Liverpool Stage" by Broadbent (1908).

Hi Philip

Fascinating pics and history! Thanks!

Chris

Thanks for posting Philip.

Bold st must have been lovely in those days.

Thanks very much for that.

Very interesting indeed.

I wan't expecting anyone to have that much info. I have been wondering for ages what the buildings were used for.

Ross

There's a site at http://www.euromatech.com/circa1900/liv_deco10.htm with info about Art Deco buildings in Liverpool, including the old British Gas building in Bold Street.

Joseph Sharples is very helpful.
He has confirmed that this building was built for John Rubin, drapers, who opened it in 1937.
They went bust in 1939 and the building was bought by the Co-Op.
However, the building was requisitioned by the Government, and the Co-Op didn't occupy the premises until the 1950s.

This photo was taken in March 1984 when the building was on the market.

brilliant pics and info Philip, as usual!!:)

Both these buildings were built for W. Watson, a motor car dealer.
65-67 in 1935, and 35-37 (now Oxfam) in 1939.
35-37 was a completely new building, but 65-67 had a new front put on to an existing building.

Here's a potted history.
65-67 Bold Street.
Built 1828 as a chapel.
Rebuilt in about 1850, the upper floor became a place of entertainment, called the Queen’s Hall, Panorama Hall, Queen’s Operetta House and Bijou Opera House.
This phase finished about the early 1890s when the upper floor became the Yamen Café.
The art deco frontage was built in 1935 for W. Watson, motor car dealers. Note the repeated “W” motif.
The upstairs room still looks rather like it did in the Yamen Café days.


65-67 was a shop called Smarts in the 1950s, as shown in this photo from 'A Century of Liverpool' by Cliff Hayes. It looks like a furniture shop.

Went to a concert at the Stanley Theatre off Mount Pleasant, part of the Students Union building, great Art Deco interior, will take some pics of it. Also has anyone seen Liverpool Unseen by Frank Carlyle, some more Art Deco features of Liverpool buildings including the inside of Martins bank building.

Both these buildings were built for W. Watson, a motor car dealer.
65-67 in 1935, and 35-37 (now Oxfam) in 1939.
35-37 was a completely new building, but 65-67 had a new front put on to an existing building.

Here's a potted history.
65-67 Bold Street.
Built 1828 as a chapel.
Rebuilt in about 1850, the upper floor became a place of entertainment, called the Queen’s Hall, Panorama Hall, Queen’s Operetta House and Bijou Opera House.
This phase finished about the early 1890s when the upper floor became the Yamen Café.
The art deco frontage was built in 1935 for W. Watson, motor car dealers. Note the repeated “W” motif.
The upstairs room still looks rather like it did in the Yamen Café days.

35/37 Bold Street, corner of Newington, built for W. Watson as Rolls-Royce showrooms. Now Oxfam.

These pics are from postcards.
One of them was used in 1909.
Dave's photos confirm that the interior is still similar (but not identical) to how it was in Edwardian times.
The early history is from "Annals of the Liverpool Stage" by Broadbent (1908).

Here is the early history of 65-67 Bold Street, from toxteth.net.
http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/churches/bold%20street%20chapel.htm
A pleasant surprise to find it there, because Bold Street isn't in Toxteth.

A lovely Art Deco style building that was demolished in the 1980's was the Childwall Valley High School for Girls which bordered Childwall Valley Road and Chelwood Avenue.

Martins Bank Lifts
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/martins.jpg

Great pic Dave. I rode in them many a time on my shipping clerk rounds 1980-82 when I graduated to bossing the new underling around :)

17 January 2007.
It isn't known exactly when this was built, but in 1936 it was the Advertising Depot of Hovis Ltd.
I've always liked the building, and it's good to see that it's just reopened as seen here.
The St James Cinema used to be on the right, but that went years ago.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/361044706_1ccb12bb86_o.jpg

Near Unity / Old Hall Street.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/380410631_0e6208c5d1_o.jpg

Don't know what this building was built or used for but it's a little hidden gem imho, it's on the corner of Tithebarn street and Smithfield street on the opposite corner of the old Rising sun pub (now Shenanagans)

Don't know what this building was built or used for but it's a little hidden gem imho, it's on the corner of Tithebarn street and Smithfield street on the opposite corner of the old Rising sun pub (now Shenanagans)

I agree it's a very interesting building.
It was some sort of college.
Is that Neptune?

I only got around to taking a picture of that figurehead yesterday. There is also a Liver Bird crest on the side of the building and some other stone plaques...a nice ship one.

http://usera.imagecave.com/GerardLally/STMATT1.bmp.jpg

This 1930s church seems to have Art Deco aspects.

I'd quite like to know who the architect was, and when exactly it was built.

wombat :)

http://usera.imagecave.com/GerardLally/STMATT1.bmp.jpg

This 1930s church seems to have Art Deco aspects.

I'd quite like to know who the architect was, and when exactly it was built.

wombat :)

St Matthew's RC Church, Townsend Avenue/Queens Drive, Clubmoor. 1930.
Architect: F X Velarde (Francis Xavier Velarde, 1897-1960).

Thanks, PhilipG.

wombat :)

That church tower always reminds me of minaret.

There's an 'archaic' quality about the style of the church that makes you think of Assyrians, Babylonians, Chaldeans, or something from ageless aeons ago, and if I'm not mistaken, this was a deliberate and clever feature of at least some art deco. I wonder what others think about this.

Gerard :)

Yes, I agree. I've always noticed that about St Mathews.

Here's the plaques from around the Tithebarn St. building. Definitely a connection with the sea...Neptune, fish, ships, Liverbirds and the Coat of Arms.
Considering the links Liverpool has with shipping, very few buildings have plaques/artwork like these.
I thought it might have been offices for a shipping line or something of that nature...but I've no idea.

Here's the plaques from around the Tithebarn St. building. Definitely a connection with the sea...Neptune, fish, ships, Liverbirds and the Coat of Arms.
Considering the links Liverpool has with shipping, very few buildings have plaques/artwork like these.
I thought it might have been offices for a shipping line or something of that nature...but I've no idea.

It's shown as a college on the 1962 OS map.
Unfortunately it's right on the edge of the photocopy I made, so it's only possible to read the first 2 words "City College".
Does anybody know if that ship is supposed to be the "Queen Mary"?

Great photos, Marky - I did snap it today, but my zoom is only 3x.

Here's the plaques from around the Tithebarn St. building. Definitely a connection with the sea...Neptune, fish, ships, Liverbirds and the Coat of Arms.
Considering the links Liverpool has with shipping, very few buildings have plaques/artwork like these.
I thought it might have been offices for a shipping line or something of that nature...but I've no idea.

Joseph Sharples in "Liverpool" says:
It was built 1928-31 as the College of Commerce by the City Surveyor, Albert D. Jenkins.
"Corner crowned with a sculpture of Neptune in a ship's prow.
...reliefs of shipping by Hooper & Webb."
Sharples describes the style of the building as "Classical".

here is one the public don't get to see much
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/billo/IMG_0284.jpg

The Harold Cohen Library, Ashton Street

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/415675531_1f40d6cd49.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/415675531/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/415672279_268bf58150.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/415672279/)

8 Nov 06.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/431288942_a0dfa1a722_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/431288944_2c4d8e2e74_o.jpg

London Street.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/254/447207334_b3eca23c1f_o.jpg

Nevill Street.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/250/447207350_58d002e0c4_o.jpg

Lord Street.
Former Garrick Theatre (1932).
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/447207354_39c2551c2a_o.jpg

Great stuff Phil.

^^Excellent Phil^^

Thank you, Gents.

8 Nov 06.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/431288942_a0dfa1a722_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/431288944_2c4d8e2e74_o.jpg


Here's one of the reflections site.

Taken today.

Having lived in this building and so i've a certain affection for it, I was surprised to find there was so much LRO information and photos of its construction. After its original use, the Liverpool Corporation used it for their architects department before Stanley Racing took it over as its Liverpool headquarters but it's now up for sale again, just this month.

The Photos below were created by Colonel Stratton Davis - Architect and are courtesy of and located at the LRO (though now out of copyright)

The finishing touches can be seen getting put to this building in 1934 on the film and photographs showing the Queensway tunnel being opened. Therefore, all in all, it didn't really take that long in being built for a building its size.

The first 4 photos are described as follows:

22/7/33 Workmen asphalting the main staircase area
27/5/33 Manual labour (no, not a Spanish bloke) on the site
27/5/33 Excavation of the Trueman Street side of the site
27/5/33 Excavation of the Fontenoy Street side of the site

The next 4.

14/08/33 The steel framework on the Fontenoy Street side of the site
19/08/33 Reinforcing the building strong room using metal bars
05/09/33 J. Williams, General Foreman. J. Jones, Joinery Foreman and Wilfred Platt, projects main building contractor of George Platt & sons.
06/09/33 The sign displayed on the Dale Street side of the site.

And the last 4.

08/09/33 Workmen laying and finishing a truscan system of floors.
21/09/33 The foundation stone ceromony
27/09/33 A Heating Engineer welding a connection to a valve box for a heating panel in the ceiling
02/10/33 Rivetters working on stanchion 47

The pics are here.

They are a brilliant set of pix Ged, thanks.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Cheers, you're welcome.

Ged, I'm being nosy here .. just wondering about you living in that bulding. Was it changed into living accomodation?
I remember when it was all offices.

I was dead lucky my dad being a foreman in the council as a few of his jobs entailed caretakers flats attached to civic or Corpy buildings which is why, with him having the keys, I could get to go into the bowels of and on the roof of the likes of the St. George's Hall, Brougham Terrace, the Walker Art Gallery etc. We lived in the caretakers flat attched to that building at No.4 Trueman Street for 12 years and part of his duties were putting the boilers on in the basement, going around turning lights off within the building (that the porters/cleaners had inadvertantly left on after the evening shift - sometimes that wouldn't become apparent in the summer until it was getting dark) and other duties when the alarm would go off (sometimes burglars, sometimes by accident) So being nosey too :unibrow: I would always take the opportunity to have a look around as well. Being the architect dept, there were some cracking models (of the wooden variety) in their too and of course we could always sunbathe on the roof and get a great view too. Our group used to practise in the basement as it was disused by the corpy. We also got free lecky and a phone. Now you know why your rates were so high.

Beacon House. Built 1934 for Southport Co-op as a department store.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/483852937_843bd73bd7_o.jpg

Former Burtons the Tailors, Chapel Street.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/483852943_c3546d7369_o.jpg

Former Garrick Theatre.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/483852949_c22ce5e2cc_o.jpg

The Crown Hotel, Coronation Walk.
(Sorry, it's a bit lop-sided).
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/483852945_859c84d072_o.jpg

For those in the know.
These weren't taken with the Godlike camera. :PDT_Piratz_26:

Great pics, Philip. Thank you so much. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

"These weren't taken with the Godlike camera." :PDT_Piratz_26:

Do you mean Max's camera? :unibrow:

Chris

They look alright to me Phil. Great pics.

Great pics, Philip. Thank you so much. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

"These weren't taken with the Godlike camera." :PDT_Piratz_26:

Do you mean Max's camera? :unibrow:

Chris


I've bought Kev's Sony H2, the same model as Max's Godlike camera.
It's because of the zoom, which my Olympus doesn't have.

They look alright to me Phil. Great pics.

Thanks, Ged.
The focussing's fine, but the Crown one isn't lined up straight.
(Rather ironic because the pub itself is reopening as Southport's only openly Gay bar!).
I haven't got Photoshop, and don't know how to alter photos on my PC.

Grange Road.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/526698833_48d9e158f9_o.jpg

I love Art Deco very modern feeel but not impersonal like some modern buildings. The Royal Court or Martins buildings are two great examples.

Definitely in the 'Wider Area' - The former Beresford Hotel, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/BERSFORDCOPYRIGHT.jpg

I took these photographs yesterday - and this is in my opinion one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the UK.

Opened on Glasgow's famous Sauchiehall Street in 1938, the Beresford Hotel was Glasgow's first Skyscraper. The building was renamed Baird Hall in 1964 when it was turned into student accommodation.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/BeresfordHotelSauchiehallStreetGlas.jpg

In 2003, the building was sold and transformed into private apartments.

The building looked well yesterday and it was nice to see such a grand Art Deco building in use and in good condition.

Very nice, Ross.

It was designed by William Beresford Inglis, who also designed cinemas.
http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M001975

Here's a link to an art deco site on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/art-deco/

The New Quay entrance to the Mersey Tunnel.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/850161521_18904f2078_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1211/851003964_c094f444ff_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/850142329_1d42c76444_o.jpg

excellent ! :handclap:

looking at those pictures anyone would think that was somewhere in Egypt :handclap:

Thanks, Lindy.
That's from the back of the building.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/938262840_bd5c31b0bd_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/938262878_e2dcb7addc_o.jpg

There's a flickr group for Burton's art-deco shops:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/burtonsdeco/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/942503996_ab2b1335a5_o.jpg

There's a flickr group for Burton's art-deco shops:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/burtonsdeco/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/942503996_ab2b1335a5_o.jpg

Phil,you could have called in for a cuppa I only live around the corner:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Next time, Mandy. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
I know it's called Spellow Lane, but am I right to call that area Walton?

Next time, Mandy. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
I know it's called Spellow Lane, but am I right to call that area Walton?

I think it is still Kirkdale with County Rd being the start of Walton
I am in Kirkdale

Again, this one's from the 'wider area' - one of my favourite cinemas.

Opened in October 1932 in Stockport's Mersey Square, the Plaza is probably one of the best examples of a super cinema surviving today.

Not only is the Plaza still standing, it remains largely unaltered and is still used for its intended purpose.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/PLAZASTOCKPORT9.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/PLAZASTOCKPORT7.jpg

Photographed SEP 2007. - Visit http://www.stockportplaza.co.uk/

Chapel Street, Southport.
There's a day-time shot at #94 in this thread.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/1514592214_32b8833836_o.jpg

Great photographs, Ross and PhilipG! Many thanks. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Chris

Still in the wider area.
The Casino at Blackpool's South Shore.
It still looks very new, but was built in 1938.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/1955942342_f51aaa163e_o.jpg

The New Dock, Tyrer Street, Birkenhead (known as the blood tub) :rolleyes:


http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2843/heador0.th.jpg

Tarleton Street Art Deco.


http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6607/tarletonartdecojz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



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There have been photos posted of this building before, but I thought I'd add a couple I took this lunch time.

I think The Palace in New Brighton is one of the best examples of Art Deco in the country.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/PALACEDECO6.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/PALACEDECO1.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/PALACEDECO.jpg

Yes, it is great.
Any idea who the architect was?

This is one of my favourite buildings around, I've taken loads of photos of it. i pass it every day as I go to work, yet I've never been able to find any information about it.

I've only ever seen one or two photos of it on the internet. I'd love to find out who the architect was and when it was built.

It was, I believe, during WWII used to store/manufacture some sort of arms (in the basement - and there's still access, although I would imagine it's a restricted area).

Some buildings (The Palace is definitely one) are 100% Art Deco; I mean this in as much as a fool could tell straight away.

Some, though are (certainly for me) a little bit harder to determine. Such as the one below. I'm 70% sure this is Art Deco, but one of our 'experts' may correct me.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/WALLASEYROAD.jpg
Wallasey Road, Liscard.

This is another one I see every day but know nothing about. I've never read anything about this building, but I feel it may have been built for the gas / electric board. I'm pretty sure one of them had a showroom on the ground floor in the 90s. Probably the wrong side of the water for most of you :)

Yes you are right, it was the gas showrooms in the late 60's-70's.

I'd say that one in Liscard Village is art-decoish (if such a term exists).
Because it's obviously 1930s, there is an art deco influence.
I took photos of it, intending to post in this thread, but you've beaten me to it, Ross. :handclap:

I've looked up the Palace, and it just says (vaguely) that it was built before the outbreak of war, and was used as an American Army Depot during the war.
For some reason, I keep thinking of 1938 when I think of the Palace.

Not sure if i've put this one up before from the book Streets of Liverpool, pic by J. Parkinson but shows London Road at full throttle.


http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2084/londonrdyw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



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Napier city in New Zealand was flattened by an earthquake in the 30's, the whole town was rebuilt in this era and is known as the art deco capital of the world due to all the buildings that were built, i've been there quite a few times and it is a lovely place to visit