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Latitude: 53.4062 / 53°24'22"N
Longitude: -2.9903 / 2°59'25"W
OS Eastings: 334262
OS Northings: 390392
OS Grid: SJ342903
Mapcode National: GBR 73N.4Y
Mapcode Global: WH877.1NB2
Plus Code: 9C5VC245+FV
Entry Name: Bank of England
Listing Date: 28 June 1952
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1205904
English Heritage Legacy ID: 213839
ID on this website: 101205904
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, L2
County: Liverpool
Electoral Ward/Division: Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Liverpool
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Liverpool Our Lady and St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Building Neoclassical architecture
SJ 3490 SW CASTLE STREET
(east side)
L2
52/219 Bank of England
28.6.52
G.V. I
Bank building. 1845-8. C.R. Cockerell. Stone. 3 storeys, 3
bays. Engaged giant colonnade, tetrastyle in antis, of an
unorthodox Doric order; rusticated antae. Attic storey with
open pediment containing recessed central window in round-
arched opening, flanked by Ionic columns with entablature
and surmounted by lunette window. Balustrades to all 3
windows. Original 4-panelled doors. Return to Castle
Street of 3 storeys with basement and 7 bays continues the
entablature between 1st and 2nd floors, and also the heavy
bracketed cornice. Its main feature is the 3 great round-
headed recesses to the lower storeys which contain
tripartite windows surmounted by lunettes and heavily
rusticated. Iron balconies to 1st floor windows on both
facades and railings to outer bays at colonnade. Banking
hall is square with tunnel vaulted central aisle and 4 Doric
columns and responds carrying Ionic entablature. One of
Cockerell's richest and most inventive buildings.
Listing NGR: SJ3426290392
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