Halifax House

Halifax House is a bank built around 1870, likely designed by John Cunningham and later extended by G.E. Grayson. It is a three-storey building of five bays, constructed from stone. The central bay features a round-arched entrance, flanked by four large windows set beneath a Doric pilastrade. The first floor has five sash windows within Corinthian aedicules, and the second floor has five sash windows topped with consoled pediments. A top panelled frieze runs along the roofline, topped by a moulded eaves cornice. The building has recessed curved corners. The Fenwick Street facade, featuring four bays, has been altered on the ground floor. Later additions are present at the rear. A plaque in the right-hand bay commemorates the building of the first head office of the Liverpool Union Bank in 1835.

The large banking hall, likely dating from the late 19th century, is supported by granite columns with enriched stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and features a coved, domed skylight. It is accessed through a coffered, tunnel-vaulted vestibule.