Princes Dock Wall

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SJ3340 LIVERPOOL BATH STREET (West side)

392/27/10143 Princes Dock Wall

II

Dockyard wall. 1821. English bond brick with sandstone copings, approx. 18 foot high. Wall extends for approx. 210m. The stretch of wall that completes the southern half of the landward boundary to Princes Dock, the first closed dock in Liverpool, was built under Hartley's predecessor, John Foster, as a secure boundary against theft of goods brought into the port, and is attached to the Greek Revival gateway and brick wall ( qv item 108+ 1) that complete the boundary to the north.





Listing NGR: SJ3371890861

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 IOE Records taken by Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project