Detail view of carved stone brushes on the exterior of the former 'Royal School for the Indigent Blind', Hardman Street, Liverpool

Date:
8 Mar 2007 - 9 Mar 2007
Location:
Merseyside Trade Union Centre, 24 Hardman Street, Liverpool
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Royal School For The Indigent Blind, 24 Hardman Street, Liverpool
Reference:
DP039386
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The 'Liverpool School for the Indigent Blind' was established in 1791. It later became the 'Royal School for the Blind'. The school moved to the site on the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in 1851. New school buildings were opened in Wavertree in 1898 for younger pupils, though the Hardman Street site was retained as a technical training school. The school transferred completely to the Wavertree site in 1958. The Hardman Street building became Liverpool City Police Headquarters, then the Merseyside Trade Union Centre from 1982 until 2004.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/10575 Former 'Royal School For The Indigent Blind'; within the Volume: BF111579 Liverpool's Historic Institutional Buildings; within the Series: EHC01/103 Charity and Control; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Williams, Peter

Keywords

Community Centre, School For The Blind