Central Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Office building. 2 related planning applications.

Central Buildings

WRENN ID
little-roof-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Office building
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 3490 SW NORTH JOHN STREET (east side) L2

52/823 Nos. 37 to 45 (odd) (Central Buildings) 14.3.75. G.V. II

Office building. 1870's. Stone with polished granite ground floor. 4 storeys with basement, 20 bays, 8-bay return to 8 Matthew Street and 11-bay return to Harrington Street. Ground floor has colonnade, with entablature, chamfered corners with large round-arched entrances; the columns have a bronze band one-third up, which continues across facade dividing totally glazed basement and ground floor. The 1st floor has 2:5:5:2 round-arched windows with panelled pilasters, frieze, and projecting cornice. 2nd floor has rectangular windows. Top floor has 12 round- arched windows in middle, and 4 rectangular windows at each side. Top cornice on brackets, blocking course. Facade treatment continues over 4 bays of each return, then utilitarian white glazed brick facades.

Listing NGR: SJ3440090369

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