Description

SJ 3490 SW OLD CHURCHYARD
L2

54/841 No. 2
12.7.66 (Mersey Chambers)
(formerly listed under
G.V. II
Covent Garden)

Office building. 1860's. For T & J Harrison. Stone with
granite basement and lead roof, yellow brick to rear. 3
storeys with basement and attic, 11 bays. Quoins, sill
courses and cornice. All windows are round-headed and
sashed without glazing bars. Centre bay breaks forward and
has flat pilasters. Ground floor windows have hood moulds
with stops carved as animals and birds. Entrance with
granite architrave and fanlight, entablature with bracketed
frieze over. 2nd floor has 2:3:2:3:2:3:2: windows with
colonnettes. Dormers with cross windows, pilasters and
architraves, shell hoods over. Centre bay with 3 cross
windows surmounted by panel of sailing ship and shell hood
over with bronze Liver bird. Central pavilion roof with
iron cresting. Rear facade of interest. It has 2 storeys
of glass and iron oriel windows in segmental headed
recesses. Greek key ornament on sills, and reeded soffits.
Top storey has 6 sash windows in stone architraves.

Listing NGR: SJ3402390483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Mersey Chambers at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26644939 Q6820545

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)