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Latitude: 53.4046 / 53°24'16"N
Longitude: -2.9924 / 2°59'32"W
OS Eastings: 334119
OS Northings: 390211
OS Grid: SJ341902
Mapcode National: GBR 72P.PJ
Mapcode Global: WH877.0PBB
Plus Code: 9C5VC235+R2
Entry Name: Albion House
Listing Date: 28 June 1952
Last Amended: 19 June 1985
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207759
English Heritage Legacy ID: 214347
ID on this website: 101207759
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, L2
County: Liverpool
Electoral Ward/Division: Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Liverpool
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Liverpool Our Lady and St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Multi-storey urban building
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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