Compton House is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Department store. 15 related planning applications.
Compton House
- WRENN ID
- little-moat-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Department store
- Address
- Compton House, 33-45, Church Street, L1 1DF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 347 902
- Coordinates
- 53.40531, -2.98335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Compton House is a department store built between 1865 and 1867. It is constructed of stone and features a slate roof. The building stands four storeys high with an attic and has 13 bays, with the end bays projecting forward. The ground floor has been altered with modern shop fronts, while the three upper storeys retain their original design.
The center of the facade is highlighted by a large round-headed window at the first floor, which is topped with a broken pediment and ornamental brackets, along with a cartouche flanked by flags. The end bays are accentuated with rusticated quoins, and the corners are canted with octagonal turrets. The windows on the first floor feature a Palladian type design with a mask keystone, depicting arms representing the USA on the left and Britain on the right.
On the second floor, the windows are adorned with panelled pilasters and entablatures, with the fourth and tenth bays featuring pediments. The central bay includes a tripartite window with an elaborately decorated pediment and the Manchester arms. The end bays also have tripartite windows, with the central light framed by an aedicule and a balustraded balcony.
The third floor windows are designed with shouldered architraves, and the central window consists of two lights with a rich balcony and cornice, leading to the attic windows. The end pavilions are enhanced by Ionic colonnades set between rusticated antae. The central Palladian window is flanked by straight-headed windows, and the central bays are topped with panelled finials and pedimented caps, along with a rectangular panel displaying the Liverpool arms above. The mansard roof features bull's eye dormers, truncated stacks, and iron cresting. The seven bay returns exhibit some detailing similar to the main facade.
Local climate
Compton 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 — 15 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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