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Sudley Museum and Art Gallery

A Grade II Listed Building in Mossley Hill, Liverpool

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3736 / 53°22'24"N

Longitude: -2.9213 / 2°55'16"W

OS Eastings: 338799

OS Northings: 386698

OS Grid: SJ387866

Mapcode National: GBR 8Y1F.BC

Mapcode Global: WH87G.3G4L

Plus Code: 9C5V93FH+CF

Entry Name: Sudley Museum and Art Gallery

Listing Date: 14 March 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208320

English Heritage Legacy ID: 359105

Also known as: Sudley Art Gallery and Museum

ID on this website: 101208320

Location: Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18

County: Liverpool

Electoral Ward/Division: Mossley Hill

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Liverpool

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Mossley Hill St Matthew and St James

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

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Description


SJ 38 NE
7/765

MOSSLEY HILL ROAD L18
Sudley Museum and Art Gallery

14.3.75.

II
House, now art gallery. c.1830, with extensions and
alterations of 1880's. Stone with hipped slate roof. 2
storeys, 4 bays, end 2 bays project, left hand end recessed,
with 2 raised panels. 1st floor sill board and top cornice
and blocking course. Windows are sashed, no glazing bars,
paired sashes to 5th bay. Porch has Doric columns and Ionic
entablature, small extension to right. Stained glass
windows to front and left return. End 2 bays have lateral
stacks and small cupola. Left return of 3 bays, central bay
recessed. Tripartite windows to end bays, tetrastyle Doric
porch with Ionic entablature to central bay. Garden front
of 5 bays, 2 recessed bays to left and right hand end
recessed, with 2 raised panels, 5 bay iron verandah on
pierced stone base has Ionic columns and lean to roof with
glazed panels. Conservatory to left has canted ends and
lattice-glazed upper panes. Interior: Stair hall, c.1830,
has Tuscan screen to either side (one now has chimney breast
inserted) and 1st floor Doric screen. Saucer dome has
lantern with rosette. Many rooms have 1880's Aesthetic
style fireplaces; former library has bookcases. Owned and
occupied by Holt family (Holt's shipping line) in 1880's and
given by them to Liverpool Corporation.


Listing NGR: SJ3879986698

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