Sessions House is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. A 19th century Courthouse. 1 related planning application.
Sessions House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-frieze-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Courthouse
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Sessions House, William Brown Street, L3 8EL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 350 908
- Coordinates
- 53.41015, -2.97896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sessions House is a courthouse built between 1882 and 1884 by F. and G. Holme. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a granite base and has one storey with a basement, featuring five bays. The rusticated basement includes windows that are framed with architraves and topped with pediments on consoles. The entrance boasts a composite portico supported by eight paired columns, with a frieze that displays the inscription "COUNTY SESSIONS HOUSE" in plain capitals and the Lancaster Arms in the tympanum. The round-arched windows are accented with Ionic angle pilasters, carved spandrels, and decorative panels above. The entrance features an architrave and entablature, with a window above that is supported by atlantes. The side facades mirror this design for five bays before transitioning to a simpler yellow brick and stone finish. The building is topped with a high, enriched parapet, and the side elevation includes four single columns and coupled pilasters. Inside, the staircase hall features saucer domes, a balustraded wall, and iron gates. There are also two stacks with moulded caps.
Local climate
Sessions House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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