Grade I, II and II* listed buildings in Liverpool

1. Hillfoot Lodge Camphill Road built 1840. 2. Ashton Square Woolton built late 1700s. Even the cobbles on the footpath are listed!

:handclap: Excellent Chris

D-Day for decision on controversial demolition of historic building to make way for shops and offices
Apr 8 2008
by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post

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COUNCILLORS will today decide whether to stop the demolition of a historic Liverpool building for the creation of a retail and office development.

Last month angry members of Liverpool’s planning committee said they were minded to refuse Maghull Developments permission to demolish Josephine Butler House, at the junction of Myrtle Street and Hope Street.

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Campaigners lose battle to save historic city centre building
Apr 9 2008
by Ben Schofield, Liverpool Daily Post

A HISTORIC Myrtle Street building will be flattened after a £60m development was finally rubber stamped for the site yesterday.

Josephine Butler House – a former laying-in hospital dating back to 1867 – will be replaced with a six-storey block of offices, shops and restaurants.

The proposed building was yesterday labelled by heritage campaigners as more befitting for Milton Keynes than Liverpool’s Georgian quarter.

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Listing status scuppers plan for student flats
Apr 9 2008
by Ben Schofield, Liverpool Daily Post

PLANNERS yesterday threw out an application to demolish the Gregson Memorial Institute on Garmoyle Road, Wavertree after the building was granted Grade II listing in February.

Trustees of the building had applied to knock it down and build 20 one-bedroom student flats in its place. But the Department for Culture Media and Sport listed the building on advice from English Heritage.

English Heritage’s report pointed to its eclectic style, individual design and rich interior decor.

It says the Gregson can boast Old English, Arts & Crafts, and Baroque influences.

It was built in 1895 by designer A P Fry who was commissioned by Isabella Gregson. It is thought Isabella was the granddaughter of Matthew Gregson, who helped develop the Blue Coat School, the Liverpool Library and the Botanic Gardens.

Source: Liverpool Daily Post

Vulcan Street warehouse (on the Dock Road) has been Listed. The Liverpool Echo states it was one of the first fire-proof buildings built.

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Originally Posted by Ged

The owner, Rob Ainsworth of The Liverpool Heritage Society is a very decent chap indeed, I wish him all the luck in the world, he'll need it with that council. When they have a self inflicted 60m shortfall though, the likes of statues for Chavasse, Epstein or old buildings like this will sadly be bottom of their agenda.

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Hi Ged.
I've Googled Rob Ainsworth and found the above.

Greg's Dad.
I didn't know your famous photo of St George's Place had been issued as a postcard?
http://www.liverpoolhistorysociety.o..._postcards.htm

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Originally Posted by king john

the guy who owns galkoff's and has worked tirelessly in his attempt to save the building is still talking <many years> may i add with the city council and other interested parties. he is only too aware of the state of the adjoining building and is desparate for our city fathers to acknowledge the disrepair and act immediately. the guy in question is liverpool born and bred,who is keen for liverpool to retain as much as possible of its heritage,he was responsible for the listing and we should wish him well in his selfless endeavours.

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I recently met the gentleman who owns Galkoff`s and he used to do a very informative Liverpool history slot on Simon Obrien`s radio show (citytalk.fm) I was struck by his love of Liverpool`s heritage and history and his wealth of knowledge concerning the more obscure history of the city and some of its more notable residents. He recently published an excellent article in the Liverpool History Society 2009 Journal on Liverpool Dockmaster William Hutchinson. If you ever get the oppertunity to read it you will be amazed.

I hope LCC and Liverpool Vision stop giving him the grief some of thier employees relish heaping on him. He should be nominated as Liverpool`s heritage champion as Wirral council have a similar scheme.

I enjoy the postings on this forum, its one of the best.:handclap:

To add my twopence worth to this interesting thread...

People may wonder, generally-speaking, why so many listed buildings can be de-listed and demolished.

English Heritage deal with planning-related matters relating to Grade I and II* listings only. That means that thier considerable weight and influence generaly can not be brought to bear with regard to Grade II listed building applications.

The fact is that matters concerning Grade II listed buildings are dealt with by the local authority i.e. the local district or city council. As Grade II listings make up approximately 90% of all designated buildings nationwide, the majority of listed building applications for alteration or demolition are dealt with by these authorities. However, it should be common practice for the local council, through their conservation teams, to at least inform EH of any proposals regarding the treatment of Grade II buildings, particularly if demolition is proposed.

The treatment of listed and historic buildings should be embedded in policy in the Local Plan. I havent checked the Liverpool City Local Plan, or the plans of the adjacent Borough Councils, but local policy towards the protection of listed buildings should be similar from plan to plan, given the statutory designation. If planning consent for listed building demolitions are happening in a relatively short space of time on a large scale, questions need to be asked about either the robustness, or otherwise, of local policy, or how much the council planning committees are listening to their own Conservation Teams. Evidently not much in this case, I'd wager. However, Liverpool is perhaps unique in being a place where there has been large-scale dereliction and neglect over the years, sending many buildings past the point of no return in times when large-scale re-development was rare (i.e the 70s and 80s). Not being familiar with the buildings mentioned on this thread so far, I'm not in a postion to comment.

Many local councils have policies for the protection of non-statutorily designated buildings. These are commonly referred to as Locally Listed buildings. The local list can include historic buildings that have failed to make the EH criteria of listing, but are worthy of protection in the planning process. Again, their treatment depends on the robustness of policy in the Local Plan. It would be interesting to know if Liverpool CC have a local list, and if so how far they test planning applications for alteration and demolition against their policy for them.

If any local authority Conservation Officer wants to step in here and clarify things, please do so. Although I am a heritage professional, I have to say listed and historic buildings are not my area of expertise!

Get stuck in, guys and gals.......