Liverpool Collegiate School

Liverpool Collegiate School is a school building of 1843, designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. It is constructed of red sandstone with a slate roof and is executed in the Tudor Gothic style. The building is three storeys high and comprises thirteen bays, with projecting end and centre bays; the central bay features a gable. A moulded plinth extends around the building, with weathering over the ground floor and a top cornice and parapet. The windows are four-light units with four-centred heads, with the first and second-floor windows set within surrounds featuring panelling between the floors. The end bays have two-storey canted oriels with moulded bases and embattled parapets with arcading. The entrance bay is framed by projecting octagonal angle buttresses and features a four-centred arch with a hood mould and angel tops. The entrance itself is four-centred, with carved spandrels and a pierced balcony above. The gable displays the school’s arms and a scroll, set between pinnacles terminating in decorative caps. An embattled parapet features figures within canopied niches. A rear octagonal lecture hall is also present. The splendid entrance hall contains clustered iron columns, four-centred arches to the vaulting, Gothic iron staircase balustrading, and a panelled ceiling with carved bosses.