The Albany
THE ALBANY, OLD HALL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1208630
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1966
- List Entry Name:
- The Albany
- Statutory Address:
- THE ALBANY, OLD HALL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1208630
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1966
- List Entry Name:
- The Albany
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ALBANY, OLD HALL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ALBANY, OLD HALL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Liverpool (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 34100 90665
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 09/04/2015
SJ 3490 NW
48/845
OLD HALL STREET (east side), L3
The Albany
12.7.66
G.V.
II*
Former office and warehouse building. 1856. J.K. Colling. Brick
with stone dressings. 3 storeys and basement, 11 bays.
Rusticated granite basement. Rusticated ashlar ground
floor. Segmental-headed windows, keystones and tripartite
sash windows, cornice above. Central ground headed granite
entrance with keystone, carved spandrels and frieze, and
segmental pediment. 1st floor segmental-headed windows in
round relieving arches with carved ornament on archivolts
and tympana. 2nd floor sill band, stone architraves and
keystones to windows. Carved frieze and heavy modillioned
cornice, balustraded parapet. Sides are utilitarian with
area railings and hoists. Inner courtyard especially
noteworthy. Iron entrance gates in middle, leading to
central corridor with coffered and enriched barrel vault on
Composite capitals and red granite columns; secondary
entrances to north and south corridors. Steps down to
courtyard, long and narrow, 4 storeys, 15 windows on longer
sides, with 2 iron bridges across the middle, and iron
spiral stair. Good open-well iron staircases in wings.
Listing NGR: SJ3410090665
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 359185
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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