Warehouse

This is a warehouse built in the mid to late 19th century, with some minor alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from red brick with stone dressings, has moulded gable coping, and is covered with a Welsh slate roof.

The building has a narrow, tapering gable that faces the street, with the front bay being wider and angled to align with the street. The front elevation is asymmetrical, featuring four storeys above a basement. The gabled section on the right has a recessed central bay that contains double loading doorways for each floor, topped by a shallow segmental brick arch. The loading platforms are supported by cast iron landing beams. On either side of the central bay, there are stacked window openings with plain stone lintels and 2 over 2 pane sash windows. There is a door opening on the right side of the ground floor. To the left of the gabled section, a narrow single bay extends northwest with a blocked ground floor opening, and above it are small window openings with sash frames beneath a plain parapet.

Inside, the warehouse features timber floors supported by substantial crossbeams and triple joisting. It has king post roof trusses with angled struts that support single side purlins. There is a cast-iron spiral stair encased within boarded housing, and a hoist platform in the roof with a steep timber stair. The loading doors are ledged and boarded, and there is a hearth on the first floor with a cast-iron hob grate.

This warehouse is a complete and well-preserved example of the 19th-century inland warehouse style that was once common in the centre of Liverpool. It showcases the typical features of this building type and contrasts in scale, form, and detailing with the nearby railway receiving warehouse, forming a group with it. Many warehouses of this type, which represent the industrial vernacular of the 19th-century port, have been demolished.