Grade I Listed Buildings in Liverpool
| Building(s) | Location | Image | Built | Notes | Coordinates | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Dock Traffic Office | Albert Dock | 1846-8 | The Dock Traffic Office was constructed at the Albert Dock shortly after the completion of the warehouse buildings. The lower portion was designed by Philip Hardwick and built between 1846 and 47, with the top storey - designed by Jesse Hartley - being added in 1848. The building consists of three storeys above ground and a basement. It is noted of its Tuscan style portico and pediment, which incorporates a 36 ft long, single cast architrave. | |||
| Albert Dock Warehouse A | Albert Dock | 1841-5 | Warehouse A, commonly known as the Atlantic Pavilion, is located at the southern end of the eastern side of the Albert Dock. The warehouse is five storeys tall and 17 bays long, with brick and stone cladding around an iron frame. On the dock facing side, the ground floor is recessed and is lined with doric-style iron columns. | |||
| Albert Dock Warehouses B & C | Albert Dock | 1841-5 | Warehouses B & C, commonly referred to as the Britannia Pavilion and Colonnades, are located to the south and west of the dock respectively. Standing five storeys tall, the warehouses form an L-shape around the south-western corner of the dock, extending for 47 bays along the southern and 55 along the western sides. In common with the other warehouses, the ground floor is recessed alongside the dock side and lined with doric-style iron columns. Additionally, there are two deeper recesses in the Britannia Pavilion and three in the Colonnades, all stretching for nine bays. | |||
| Albert Dock Warehouse D | Albert Dock | 1841-5 | Warehouse D is located on the northern side of the dock and is home to the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Similar is shape and size to the Atlantic Pavilion, it is five storeys tall and 17 bays wide, with brick and stone cladding around an iron frame. It has a recessed dock-side ground floor, lined with doric-style iron columns. | |||
| Albert Dock Warehouse E | Albert Dock | 1841-5 | Warehouse E, commonly referred to as the Edward Pavilion, is located on the northern portion of the eastern side of the dock. The warehouse is five storeys tall and 17 bays wide, with brick and stone dressing around an iron frame. The dock-side ground level is recessed and lined with doric-style iron columns. | |||
| Bank of England Building | Castle Street | 1845-8 | The Bank of England Building was constructed as one of three regional Bank of England branches during the mid 19th century. Designed by C.R. Cockerell in neo-Classical style it is three storeys tall, three bays wide and seven bays deep. The top floor is separated from the lower floors by an entablature with an Ionic column colonnade on the Castle street facing side. The building is topped with an open pediment and 'heavy bracketed' cornice. The ground and first floor tripartite windows are recessed with round headers, with the first floor windows having iron balconies. | |||
| Bluecoat Chambers | School Lane | 1717 | Bluecoat Chambers is today an art gallery and the original home of the Blue Coat School founded by Bryan Blundell. The building forms a U-shape with a five-bay central portion rising two storeys and the 11-bay wings being three-storeys tall. All the windows on the central portion are round-headed with architraves and cherub keystones. The middle bays of the centre portion extend forward from the main wall and are topped with a pediment. The building's main entrance features a round-headed Ionic aedicule entrance with steps, topped with a frieze and segmental pediment containing the arms of Liverpool. The interior of the building is largely post war. | |||
| Bluecoat Chambers - Railings, gates and gate piers | School Lane | 1717 | The entrance railings, gates and gate piers of Bluecoat Chambers were built at the same time as the building itself. The entrance consists of decorated and crested wrought iron gates attached to stone gate piers with panelled rustication, entablatures and pyramidal caps. From these, extending in either direction, are two low brick walls topped with iron railings. | |||
| Church of All Hallows | Allerton Road | 1872-6 | The Church of All Hallows is an active Church of England parish church. Constructed from stone with a slate roof, it consists of a four-bay nave with aisles under lean-to roofs, transepts, a western church tower, a chancel with vestry and an organ loft. Most of the church's stained glass windows where designed by Edward Burne-Jones and are considered to be one of the most complete sets by Burne-Jones. The aisle windows are mainly tracery in form and the nave has clerestory windows situated above the lean-to roofs of the aisles. Inside the church the chancel is partly decorated with marble. To the south-east is a mausoleum to the family of John Bibby, who financed the church's construction and whose wife it was built in honour of. It is noted for its angled buttresses and panelled & embattled parapet, as well as its cusped arched entrance. | |||
| Church of All Saints' | Childwall Abbey Road | C14; C15, C18 and C19 |
All Saints' Church is an active Church of England parish church. Its oldest portion - the chancel - dates from the 14th century, making it the only Medieval church in Liverpool. The Gothic influence is maintained in later additions, such as with the clock tower, which incorporates both gargoyles and tracery windows and is topped by a needle spire. It has a central nave leading to a wagon vaulted chancel, with north and south aisles. It has two chapels, the Salisbury Chapel was built 1739-40, with the Plumbe Chapel built in 1777. Inside, there is a rare painted memorial to Major Pitcairn Campbell, as well as a brass chandelier dated 1737 and Royal Arms of England from 1664. | |||
| Church of St. Agnes and St. Pancras | Ullet Road | 1883-5 | The Church of St. Agnes and St. Pancras is an active Church of England parish church. It was designed by J.L. Pearson from brick with stone dressings and a tile roof. The church consists of a central aisle with parallel aisles under lean-to roofs, with east and west transepts and a chapel. There is also a first floor gallery with an arcaded balustrade and the interior features numerous angel depictions, as well as stained glass windows designed by Charles Eamer Kempe. The building was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "The noblest Victorian church in Liverpool"' | |||
| Church of St. Clare | Arundel Avenue | 1888-90 | The Church of St. Clare is an active Roman Catholic parish church. Designed in Neo-Gothic style by Leonard Stokes, the church is brick built with stone dressings and a slate roof. It consists of a single vessel, north and south chapels and a small transept to the north. There are six recessed tracery windows on the northern side and southern sides. The western end has an ornately patterned seven-panel tracery window with broad weathered sills and large chamfered mullions. The east has a five-panel tracery window with relieved arch and weathered sill, with the stained glass depicting the crucifixion and saints. Internally the church is ten bays long with a wagon-vaulted roof supported by deep splayed internal buttresses | |||
| Church of St. George | Heyworth Street | 1812-14 | The Church of St. George is an active Church of England parish church. It was designed by Thomas Rickman and John Cragg and was constructed from ashlar stone in a perpendicular style common to English Gothic architecture. The church consists of a nave, short chancel and west tower with adjoining low porches. The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and features clock faces on three sides. The building is noted for its use of cast iron, which was provided by the Mersey Iron Foundry owned by Cragg. The iron was not only used structurally, but also in the tracery windows and arcades. The church also features stained glass windows designed by Shrigley and Hunt. | |||
| Church of St. John the Baptist | West Derby Road | 1868-70 | ||||
| Church of St Michael | St. Michael’s Church Road | 1814 | ||||
| Liverpool Cathedral | 1904-80 | Liverpool Cathedral is the city's Church of England Cathedral and is part of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool. It was designed in Gothic style by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and is constructed from red sandstone sourced from a quarry in nearby Woolton. The Cathedral's construction lasted over 75 years, spanning both world wars and the result is that the building standing today is vastly different from the initial design chosen. Today, Liverpool Cathedral stands as the largest cathedral in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world. It is regarded as one of the greatest buildings constructed during the 20th century. | ||||
| Liverpool Town Hall | Water Street | 1749-54 | ||||
| The Oratory | Upper Duke Street | 1829 | ||||
| Oriel Chambers | Water Street | 1864 | ||||
| Princes Road Synagogue | Princes Road | 1872-4 | ||||
| Royal Liver Building | Georges Pier Head | 1908-10 | ||||
| Speke Hall | Speke Hall Road | 1490–1506; 1540-60; 1598 |
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| St George’s Hall | St George's Plateau | 1841-56 | ||||
| Toxteth Unitarian Chapel | Park Road | 1618 | ||||
| Unitarian Chapel | Ullet Road | 1898 | ||||
| Unitarian Church Hall | Ullet Road | 1901 | ||||
| Woolton Hall | Speke Road | 1704 |
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