Liverpools Georgian Buildings

Can i ask some advice/opinions whist we re on this subject. There is an old pub near me and it is not in Liverpool. It is currently boarded up and on offer for lease. I get the feeling that sooner or later it will be knocked down and I think because of its unusual shape, it needs to be listed. I think it would make a tremendous apartment block or remain a pub etc. Can anyone give me any advice about how a building becomes listed and do you think from the attached photo that it is worth saving? Thanks in anticipation. Chris

It's certainly an interesting shape and is a period building but as Philip will tell you, that counts for nothing as even a cinema with it's original 1910 facade in tact (or was) couldn't even get listed status and is one of only a handful in the country. You need to contact your local town hall who will have a dept who should deal with that and/or English heritage with some reason as to why it's of special interest.

Thanks Ged. The fact that I live in a Victorian town with few redeeming features and the shape of the premises make them interesting and appealing to me. Maybe thats not enough but I'll buzz my councillor. If it was in the centre of London it would be worth a fortune. But then, so is a broom cupboard eh!

Many of these buildings are in the "Georgian" style in that they were built outside the Georgian Period. Here's a few around Liverpool. Sadly a lot are in poor condition, especially those near the city centre, Duke St, Hanover St etc.

Great pics Taffy.

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Great pics Taffy.

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Thanks, here's a few more. Some in better condtion than others !!

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Thanks, here's a few more. Some in better condtion than others !!

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Brilliant pictures.
Just what the thread needs!:handclap:

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Can i ask some advice/opinions whist we re on this subject. There is an old pub near me and it is not in Liverpool. It is currently boarded up and on offer for lease. I get the feeling that sooner or later it will be knocked down and I think because of its unusual shape, it needs to be listed. I think it would make a tremendous apartment block or remain a pub etc. Can anyone give me any advice about how a building becomes listed and do you think from the attached photo that it is worth saving? Thanks in anticipation. Chris

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Don't let anybody's bad experiences with English Heritage (including mine) put you off, Chris.
Anybody can submit any building they like for Listing.

Manchester is the place you want.
Here's a link:
http://www.buildingconservation.com/directory/ad369.htm

Great Philip, thanks very much.

My Georgian styled "Edwardian" block, that I live in.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2nk5gnq.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/122c774.jpg

I know i've posted some of these up before but they'll be buried on the 1980/90s thread somewhere. These are on Shaw Street and taken by me in 1990, (the block on the 3rd pic has gone) The last one taken by Joe Devine captures the 'unique' homeless hostel on the left (see the Acacia house thread) also the Ann Fowler womens refuge, part of the Radcliffe estate and St. Georges Heights.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3...awst190dj2.jpg


http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/925/shawst290qo0.jpg


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Shaw Street: Some of those buildings, to the left of the Gymnasium have been demolished recently. They were still standing when I passed a couple of months ago.

In Wavertree High St

a few I have from around by the cathedral

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture048.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture042.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...cture041-1.jpg

A shame they let Grosvenor demolish one of the oldest Georgian houses left in the city centre that stood on Hanover street

Lord Nelson Street.


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Taken at the top of Seel St.

Anymore, anyone?

Excellent pictures!

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A shame they let Grosvenor demolish one of the oldest Georgian houses left in the city centre that stood on Hanover street

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Really,where was this? I can't place an actual house down the bottom end,but it's been a while since I've been that way.

Dave.

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Excellent pictures!

Really,where was this? I can't place an actual house down the bottom end,but it's been a while since I've been that way.

Dave.

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This was it (June 2005).
It was just the other side of College Lane.
Sorry about the "Watermark".

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/...0abc03d7_o.jpg

The finest surviving example of a Georgian Merchant house in Liverpool is not in L8 as one might think, but right opposite where I used to live in Trueman Street L3. (well - according to this plaque anyway)

It is the former residence of brewer John Houghton who funded the building of Christ Church on Hunter Street.


http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5...anstno1gq8.jpg
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This was it (June 2005).
It was just the other side of College Lane.
Sorry about the "Watermark".

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/...0abc03d7_o.jpg

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Aha I vaguely remember it now. It probably never registered much due to it being so run-down and boarded-up,sadly. Thanks!

Dave.