File:Liverpool Lime Street Station - JMU - North Western Hall (10447137075).jpg

Exterior of Liverpool Lime Street Station.

The station is Grade II listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359020-lime-street-station-" rel="nofollow">Lime Street Station, Liverpool</a>

   SJ 3590 SW LIME STREET
   L1

   54/686 Lime Street
   Station
   14.3.75.
   G.V. II

   Railway sheds and facade.Begun 1867 by Francis Stevenson and
   William Baker and extended by a parallel shed to the south in
   1847-9. The earlier portion has a long glass roof in a graceful
   curve and with a span of 219 ft, supported on double doric
   columns of iron. The later portion is on square piers with a
   span of 186 ft. Screen facing Lime Street is of stone; Tuscan
   pilestrade; round-arched openings with architraves and keystones.
   Skelhorne street entrance has Tuscan columns with dosserets and
   arch braces supporting cornice (possibly of 1836 by Foster).

   Listing NGR: SJ3512790483

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

JMU - North Western Hall.

Grade II listed as the <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359021-lime-street-chambers-former-north-wester" rel="nofollow">Lime Street Chambers (Former North Western Hotel), Liverpool</a>

   SJ 3590 SW LIME STREET
   L1

   54/687 Lime Street Chambers
   28.6.52 (Former North Western
   Hotel)
   G.V. II

   Hotel, now offices.
   A.Waterhouse for London North Western Railway.
   French Renaissance style. Stone. Slate roof. 5 storeys
   with basement and attic, 21 bays. End bays and bays
   flanking 3-bay centre project and are carried up into
   towers. Ground floor has round headed windows with
   bracketed sills and moulded arches. Entrance is round-
   arched on Doric columns, with flanking window; carved
   spandrels. 1st floor windows have balconies, the 3 central
   windows behind Doric colonnade supporting 2 statues. 1st to
   3rd floor windows in round arched recesses. End bays have
   2-storey oriels with decorated bases and pierced parapets.
   4th floor has wide sill band, balconies to windows, which
   have panels between. Bracketed cornice and stone dormers.
   End bays have windows of 3 round-headed lights with cornice
   and dormer above; centre bay the same. Towers flanking the
   centre of 2 storeys and finials with flanking stacks. End
   bay towers have steep pavilion roofs with cresting and
   flanking stacks; similar towers to rear. 12 cross-axial
   stacks. Area railings and stone piers. Return to Lord
   Nelson Street has 8-light continuous windows between blank
   end bays. Pointed arched entrance and window under round
   relieving arch. Right-hand return similar with 1-storey
   projecting block which has raised end bays with pavilion
   roofs.
   Interior: Entrance hall with granite columns and fireplace.
   Rectangular glazed lean-to-extension has iron balusters.
   Buffet has coffered ceiling supported by 2 rows of
   Corinthian columns. End fireplace with pier glass over.

   Listing NGR: SJ3500990495

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.