105, Duke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Public library/offices. 5 related planning applications.
105, Duke Street
- WRENN ID
- lunar-lintel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Public library/offices
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 105 Duke Street is a building originally constructed as the Union Newsroom and later served as Liverpool's first public library from 1852 to 1860. Built in 1800 by John Foster the Elder, it features ashlar stonework and consists of two storeys and a basement. The Duke Street facade has five bays, with the ground floor displaying four round-headed windows. The leftmost bay is occupied by a later porch, and part of a westward extension is not included in this listing. The building has a cornice and a stringcourse. Above the ground floor, there are five fixed windows on a sill band and five panels above, topped with a cornice and parapet. The Slater Street facade features a central pediment, a Venetian window on the first floor supported by Ionic columns, and three round-headed windows on the ground floor.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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