Albion House is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. A Victorian Office building. 15 related planning applications.
Albion House
- WRENN ID
- over-corbel-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1952
- Type
- Office building
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 39 SW JAMES STREET L2
3/670 No. 30 (Albion House) (formerly listed as No. 30 White 28.6.52 Star Building)
- II*
Office building. 1896-8. Norman Shaw and J. Francis Doyle for the White Star Shipping Line. A symmetrical design. 6 storeys of varying heights and attics, 5 bays to James Street and 3 bays to The Strand. Basement and ground floor of ashlar with rusticated dressings, the upper storeys brick banded with stone. Round-arched, concave entrance with keystone and rusticated columns, broken pediment with window and iron balcony in tympanum. Windows below the brickwork are sashed with glazing bars, those above are mostly casements. 2nd floor windows have iron balconies and moulded architraves with triple keystones and cornices. 2 floors above with paired windows. Angle turret, and 2 turrets and gable on Strand facade. Corner turrets with cupola and finials to The Strand flanking large triangular gable (rebuilt after war damage). Large banded stacks. Recessed porch behind cast iron gates continues the rustication and has coffered ceiling. A dramatic and influential essay in Shaw's polychromatic manner.
Listing NGR: SJ3411990211
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