Lost Liverpool Buildings Top 5

Cadfael · 07-07-2007

One of the biggest crimes in my book was Mason Street Edge Hill. This had some amazing and unusual buildings, all built by Williamson (and some post Williamson). Grand 4 story houses, massive and strange buildings and more importantly, Williamson's grand mansion.

Now ALL of that era has gone bar the facade of the front of Williamson's House.

**customhouse** · 07-08-2007

The worst piece of vandalism by any Council, was the demolishing of the Sailors Home in Canning Place. It was world renowned, and even mentioned in the Liverpool Anthem "Maggy May". Present day Developers would have drooled over the prospect of making into Luxury Flats . If ever a building was of Heritage Value , The Sailors Home was it......Would have made a U Beaut Backpackers Hostel with minimum of alteration. I believe the only thing remaining are the original gates which are in the Midlands somewhere. The haste with which it was demolished left a bad smell of possible backhanders to certain Councillors of the time.

**robbo176** · 07-08-2007

I think Port Meirion in North Wales has a lot of the railing from the Liverpool sailors home

http://frankmazuca.tripod.com/portmeirion6.html

also the Museum of Liverpool Life had one before it closed down

**angus** · 07-09-2007

The old Higsons Brewery and that ace pub next door !!

PhilipG · 07-10-2007

Originally Posted by angus

The old Higsons Brewery and that ace pub next door !!

............are still with us.
Agreed they're great buildings, but thankfully not 'lost'.

**angus** · 07-10-2007

Thanks for that mate, it must of have been a dream.... nay nightmare, I aint been back since 1986 and I was sure an old mate had told me that Higsons was no more. We used to drink at the boozer (often late into the night) who's name I cannot remember before moving on to the Somali, Ibo, Silver Sands. Great drinkling days !

**Ged** · 07-10-2007

It's changed its name to Cains so technically he's right in that Higson's is no more but the building is still there.

**Klaatu** · 09-03-2007

I remeber seeing a photo years ago of the old Post Office building in
Victoria street (Now that new shopping mall)...It was taken before the war when it was twice as high and had turrets and everything!

I believe it was bombed in the blitz...and instead of demolishing the whole lot, they just chopped off the top half and put a new roof on it.

Does anybody know anything about it?

PhilipG · 09-03-2007

Originally Posted by Klaatu

I remeber seeing a photo years ago of the old Post Office building in
Victoria street (Now that new shopping mall)...It was taken before the war when it was twice as high and had turrets and everything!

I believe it was bombed in the blitz...and instead of demolishing the whole lot, they just chopped off the top half and put a new roof on it.

Does anybody know anything about it?

You've got everything right.
It opened originally in 1899.
It was built in the French "Chateau" style.
I've got a photo somewhere.