1 and 3, Union Court is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Office building.

1 and 3, Union Court

WRENN ID
buried-alcove-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Office building
OS grid reference
SJ 342 904
Coordinates
53.40642, -2.99027
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 1 and 3 Union Court is an office building dating from the 1840s, located to the rear of No 27 Castle Street, which has a similar design. The building is constructed of stucco and features three storeys with a basement and an attic storey in the first bay, comprising a total of ten bays. There is a string course above the ground floor, along with sill bands and a cornice. All the windows are sash windows, with some retaining glazing bars. The entrance that was originally in the first bay has been blocked and replaced by a window. The main entrance is located in the seventh and eighth bays, flanked by windows, and is accentuated by flat pilasters and an entablature. There are steps leading to the entrance and a blocked entrance, with plain iron area railings present.

Local climate

1 and 3, Union Court sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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