Merseyside Maritime Museum and the International Slavery Museum

INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AX

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1280847
Date first listed:
28-Jun-1952
Statutory Address:
INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AX
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1280847
Date first listed:
28-Jun-1952
Date of most recent amendment:
19-Jun-1985
Statutory Address 1:
INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AX
Statutory Address 2:
MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AQ
Statutory Address 3:
MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AQ

Location

Statutory Address:
INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AX
Statutory Address:
MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AQ
Statutory Address:
MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM, ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL, L3 4AQ

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 34079 89840

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/10/2015

SJ 3489
30/42

ALBERT DOCK L3
Merseyside Maritime Museum and International Slavery Museum

(Formerly listed as Warehouse D, previously listed under Canning Place with other Warehouses)

28.6.52

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Former warehouse to east end of north side of dock. 1841-5. J Hartley. Iron frame and brick with stone dressings, iron clad roof. 5 storeys, 17 x 9 bays. Quoins and parapet. Dock facade has ground floor recessed behind Doric colonnade of iron columns above granite rubble. Windows are segmental-headed. Albert Dock is one of the earliest enclosed docks in the world and is a complete example of the type.

Listing NGR: SJ3415389833

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213633
Legacy System:
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