List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BLUECOAT CHAMBERS
List entry Number: 1292322
Location
BLUECOAT CHAMBERS, SCHOOL LANE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Liverpool | Metropolitan Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 28-Jun-1952
Date of most recent amendment: 19-Jun-1985
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 359463
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
LIVERPOOL
392/53/1102 SCHOOL LANE
28-JUN-52 BLUECOAT CHAMBERS
(Formerly listed as:
SCHOOL LANE
OLD BLUECOAT SCHOOL)
GV I
SJ 3490 SE SCHOOL LANE
L1
53/1102 Bluecoat Chambers
28.6.52 (Formerly listed as
Old Bluecoat School)
G.V. I
School, now art gallery and offices.1717, restored in 1951. Brick with stone dressings, slate roof. 2-storey, 5-bay centre with 3
storeys and basement to 11-bay return ranges. Stone plinth
rusticated quoins, flat bands and cornices with brick
parapet. 3 bays of centre break forward with pediment over.
Windows to ground and 1st floors are round headed with
architraves and keystones in round-arched reveals also with
architraves and cherub keystones. 1st floor windows on
fielded panels. All windows sashed with glazing bars.
Round-headed entrance in Ionic aedicule with pulvinated
frieze and broken segmental pediment containing cartouche of
arms of Liverpool. Frieze with Latin inscription, clock in
tympanum. Each return has bull's eye basement and 2nd floor
windows, those to 2nd floor with wooded casements. Other
windows have brick flat arches and cherub keystones. 3
entrances with steps, the central one with architrave,
cherub keystone, pulvinated frieze and broken pediment
containing Liver Bird. Ends of return ranges as centre
range. All windows sashed with glazing bars, those to
returns of 24 panes. Central octagonal cupola with round-
arched openings, attached Ionic columns and ogival copper
cap with finial. Iron overthrow with lantern to central
door. Iron handrails to 2 entrances on return walls.
HISTORY: The building was damaged by bombing 1n 1941 and restored in 1951 to designs by Shepheard and Bower after war damage in 1941
The subsequent uses of various parts of the building complex have included gallery, cafe, offices and shops, and, most notably, a studio for the renowned Liverpool sculptor Herbert Tyson Smith, whose relief sculptures of Bluecoat pupils flank the tablet commemorating the restoration located in the front courtyard.
Listing NGR: SJ3468590149
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National Grid Reference: SJ 34685 90149
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