Nos. 1-10, Gambier Terrace and No. 2, Canning Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. Terrace. 2 related planning applications.

Nos. 1-10, Gambier Terrace and No. 2, Canning Street

WRENN ID
ghost-cobalt-mallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1952
Type
Terrace
OS grid reference
SJ 355 894
Coordinates
53.39793, -2.97074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gambier Terrace, which includes No. 2 Canning Street, is a terrace of eleven houses built around 1836 by John Foster Junior. The structure is made of stone and consists of three storeys and an attic, featuring 34 bays. The first seven bays and the last six bays project from the main body of the terrace.

In the first seven bays, the ground floor displays channelled rustication, and there are round-headed windows with sashes that include glazing bars. The central entrance is accentuated by a Greek Doric porch. Above, the first and second floors are adorned with a giant Ionic colonnade, and the windows on these floors, along with the porch, have rectangular iron balconies. Most windows are sashed.

The terrace features an entablature and an attic embellished with pilasters that have recessed panels. The last six bays mirror the earlier design but include two round-headed entrances and a giant pilastrade. The central bays are distinguished by a Doric colonnade with an Ionic entablature that supports a deep balcony with an iron balustrade. The plain entrances lead to first-floor windows that are framed with architraves, friezes, and cornices, while the second-floor windows have architraves and a sill band. The centre three windows also feature rectangular iron balconies. The entablature and attic are topped with a cornice, and all windows are sashed, with most having glazing bars.

The return to Canning Street consists of five bays, with a projecting entrance that has a distyle Doric colonnade in antis.

Local climate

Nos. 1-10, Gambier Terrace and No. 2, Canning Street 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
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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