Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3289 BRIDGE STREET
789-1/9/32 (South West side)
28/03/74 Nos.23-31 (Odd)
(Formerly Listed as:
BRIDGE STREET
Nos.23-31 (Odd)
& No.2 Albion Street)

GV II

Includes: No.2 ALBION STREET.
Includes: Nos.3-9 HAMILTON STREET.
Terrace of 8 shops and dwellings. Mid C19. Ashlar-faced with
Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 6-window range to Hamilton
Street, curved angle then return elevation a 10-window range
to Bridge Street. Rounded corners each end of Bridge Street
elevation, with angles and 2 flanking bays each side stressed
with full-height pilasters over ground floor, and pediments to
first floor windows. Late C19 shop fronts in Bridge Street
elevation, symmetrically planned with paired
segmentally-arched doors in central section, the rest with
plain outer doors and 3-light windows most now boarded over.
Pilasters define and articulate the shop fronts throughout.
Plain fascia with moulded head over. Similar shop fronts with
wide outer doors to Hamilton Street elevation. 12-pane sash
windows (9-panes to attic storey) above in moulded architraves
with entablatures. Continuous sill bands. Moulded cornice and
parapet above. Corner and 2 adjacent bays on Hamilton Street
elevation emphasised with full height pilasters above the
ground floor. Short return elevation to Albion Street of 2
bays with pedimented windows to first floor articulated by
full height pilasters. Moulded segmentally-arched door and
3-light shop window. Lower 2-storey block beyond with 2
blocked windows to ground floor, and two 12-pane sash windows
above. Plain parapet eaves. No. 9 Hamilton Street is a
separate build. 3 storeys, 4-window range. Inserted shop front
with continuous moulding over fascia, possibly surviving from
an earlier front. 12-pane sash windows in moulded architraves
with entablatures over first floor windows. Gable and axial
stacks throughout.

Listing NGR: SJ3269789107

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497306

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)