County Stand At Aintree Racecourse

AINTREE ORMSKIRK ROAD SJ 39 NE (east side) 10/5 County Stand at Aintree Racecourse (fomerly listed as Aintree Racecourse 11.10.68 Grand Stand) II Grandstand. Date stone to pilaster strip reads: "WRG/ June 12th 1885". Brick, yellow to east facade, red to west facade, and stone dressings. 2 storeys and roof terrace, 41 bays; ground floor projects with terrace over, roof terrace on cast iron columns. 12-bay central section has 3-bay bowed ends. Ground floor has rusticated pilaster strips, frieze and cornice and round-headed windows and 2 entrances, frieze and cornice. 1st floor has round-headed windows and entrances, the terrace has balustrade and columns with capitals based on those of the Tower of the Winds supporting roof terrace, which has cast iron balustrade. 7 bays to right similar but C20 alterations. Projecting 1st floor balcony on cast iron columns to last 6 bays of central section and 1st 4 bays to right. A further 16 bays to right also with C20 alterations, red brick extension to ground floor. 6 bays to left of central section similar, with some alterations to ground floor. 6th bay has ground floor passage. West facade has 3 crow-stepped gables and rectangular pavilion at south end next to bowed bay; some brick stacks. Building has historical associations with the Grand National which started as the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase in 1839. Racing dates from 1829.

Listing NGR: SJ3687697985