Entrance To Mersey Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Tunnel entrance. 1 related planning application.
Entrance To Mersey Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-quartz-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 3490 NE OLD HAYMARKET L1
49/674 Entrance to 10.10.80 Mersey Tunnel
G.V. II
Entrance to tunnel, retaining walls and Lodges. 1925-34. Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie with Herbert J. Rowse as architect. Portland stone. Originally an axial and sym- metrical design now obscured by subsequent alterations to the layout. Lodges in the form of triumphal arches to left and right of principal axis and retaining walls to the entrance of the tunnel which is a broad segmental arch. Retaining walls and tunnel entrance have some Art Deco ornamentation and sculpture now partly hidden. The lodges are tall and cubic with fluted buttresses and more Egyptian Art Deco ornamentation.
Listing NGR: SJ3465890726
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