Former Blind school,Hardman st.

[wsteve55]

Just looking at this 1929 pic' of the former blind school,police station,etc,in Hardman st.and wondered when the portico went? Was it damaged/removed in WW2?

pic' courtesy of L.R.O.

[GeorgePorgie]

Didn't it get a heavy revamp after the war? todays building has lost most of what that looks like in 1929.

[wsteve55]

I think that might be true,but looking close,on "Streetview",You can make out 1931,on the Hope st. side of the building?

[GeorgePorgie]

And if you go the other end its 1851.

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And if you look at it in hardman street you'll see bullet holess from a german Messerschmitt or is that Brail for School of the blind

[dazza]

Hi steve,

The photo is of St. Mary's church.

1908 map - it is recorded as 'St. Mary's Church', with the portico intact.

1928 map - it is still recorded as a church.

1955 map - the church has since been demolished, and the School for the Indigent Blind has built a modern extension on the corner site.

Daz

[Ged]

I can't see that.

[Oudeis]

I can't see that.

"Indigent" he said not indignant.

[wsteve55]

Hi steve,

The photo is of St. Mary's church.

1908 map - it is recorded as 'St. Mary's Church', with the portico intact.

1928 map - it is still recorded as a church.

1955 map - the church has since been demolished, and the School for the Indigent Blind has built a modern extension on the corner site.

Daz

Thanks for that Daz,didn't realise it was a totally different building! So when did the blind school go,as I only remember it as a police station/H.Q.,and the trade union centre?

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I can't see that.

That's just blind ignorance!

[dazza]

St Mary's, the Chapel for the School for the Indigent Blind, was designed by John Foster Junior, as his third church commission. The church was originally sited in Hotham street [see map below] and moved later.

There's a very detailed and well researched piece on St Mary's posted on 'Old Liverpool' group on Flickr here:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/4443567...l-60302053@N00

John Gage's map of 1835.



St Mary's, the Chapel for the School for the Indigent Blind, on Hotham Street, 1829.



St Mary's interior, Hardman Street, c.1860





Map and illustrations copied from John Foster and Sons, Kings of Georgian Liverpool, by Hugh Hollinghurst.