Public offices (now Health and Social Security) is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Public offices.
Public offices (now Health and Social Security)
- WRENN ID
- ragged-belfry-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Public offices
- Address
- Public offices (now Health and Social Security), High Park Street, L8 8DX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 359 881
- Coordinates
- 53.38622, -2.96484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, originally constructed as public offices in 1865 by Layland, now serves as Health and Social Security. It features a stone front with the remainder made of brick and is topped with a slate roof. The structure is one storey high and consists of nine bays, with the central three bays projecting beneath a pediment. The façade displays channelled rustication and a top entablature. The windows are adorned with architraves; the central three windows are round-headed, with the middle one being larger and topped with an open pediment. All windows are sashed without glazing bars, while the central window includes a fixed casement with two round-headed lights and a rounded top. The entrance, located in the third bay, is round-headed with a coved surround and a key featuring a lion mask, leading to paired three-panel doors. The right return has nine bays, with the end bays under open pediments and quoins. The central stone projecting bay features a segmental pediment and a round-headed entrance with a coved surround. The building is also notable for several tall stacks.
Local climate
Public offices (now Health and Social Security) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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