12 Hanover Street
Listed building in Liverpool, England
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12 Hanover Street is a former warehouse building that has been converted into an office.[1] It is located on Hanover Street in the centre of Liverpool, England and is a Grade II listed building.[2]
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| General information | |
| Location | Hanover Street, Liverpool, England |
| Coordinates | 53.4024329°N 2.9883133°W |
| Year built | 1889–1890 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Edmund Kirby |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | 12, Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 4AA |
| Designated | 14 March 1975 |
| Reference no. | 1207393 |
History
Built between 1889–1890 for Ellis & Co, provision dealers, it originally consisted of a warehouse with offices on the upper floor. The building incorporated an earlier cement and tile warehouse building on Argyle Street that dates back to 1863.[3] Ellis & Co were owned by local MP Burton William Ellis and traded on the site until the 1960s.[4]
In the early 1990s, it was bought by Liverpool Housing Trust who used it as offices for nearly forty years.[5] It was sold in 2020 to a property development company who wanted to turn it into a five-star hotel.[6] The hotel never opened and the building is currently owned and occupied by an insurance company.[7]
Architecture
The building is four storeys, plus a basement, and its frontage is made up of twelve bays. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof.[8] The red bricks and terracota used were from the Ruabon Terracotta Works in Wrexham, Wales.[3] During conversion to offices in the 1990s many of the original features, such as brick walls, exposed columns and vaulted ceilings were retained.[5]