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Latitude: 53.4083 / 53°24'30"N
Longitude: -2.9822 / 2°58'55"W
OS Eastings: 334803
OS Northings: 390618
OS Grid: SJ348906
Mapcode National: GBR 74N.X6
Mapcode Global: WH877.5L5G
Plus Code: 9C5VC259+84
Entry Name: St John’s House (former Pearl Assurance Building)
Listing Date: 19 June 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292419
English Heritage Legacy ID: 359417
ID on this website: 101292419
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, L1
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: Architectural structure
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/06/2019
SJ 3490 NE
49/1063
ST. JOHN'S LANE, L1,
Nos. 2-4, St John’s House (former Pearl Assurance Building)
(Formerly listed as Nos. 7-12 (consecutive) (St. John's House))
GV
II
Office building. 1896-1898. Alfred Waterhouse for Pearl Assurance. Stone with granite ground floor, slate roof. Three storeys with attics, five bays to St. John's Lane, octagonal corner tower and three bays to Queen Square. Ground floor has round-arched openings with C20 shop fronts with original glazing bars over.
Cornice has entrance with cusped round-arched head and mosaic tympanum, flanking shafts with capitals. Round-headed entrance to left and traceried round-headed window to right. Pierced parapet with pinnacles and central traceried gable. First and second floor paired sashed windows without glazing bars with strings and carved panels between floors. Corner stair window. Corbelled frieze with tracery, and cornice over. Four dormers with tripartite sashed windows. Tracery in gables. Top stage of tower has windows of two round-headed lights under round-headed relieving arch pierced by a roundel. Panelled parapet with lettering "PEARL" on each face. Slate spire with lead cupola. End bay has round corner turret with moulded base dying into wall. Octagonal top has gallery with pierced balcony and segmental arches with windows behind, small spire with lead finial. Queen Square facade similar but with two tiers of windows in dormers and crocketed finials over. Five panelled stacks.
Listing NGR: SJ3480390618
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