Description

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SJ 39 SW WALLASEY VICTORIA PLACE

3/86 Seacombe Ferry Terminal

II

Ferry and omnibus terminus. 1930-3, designed by L St G Wilkinson,
the Borough Surveyor. Brick with Portland stone dressings; tiled
roofs. Two ranges, one of a single story parallel to the Mersey
containing booking and entrance halls, the other returning, of
two storeys, containing waiting rooms, workshops and offices.
Both ranges connected by a loggia (defining two sides of a
courtyard bus station), supported by paired Doric columns. The
riverside range with deep hipped roof and monumental central
clock tower, the latter slightly tapering to upper courses, the
clock faces over ventilation slits contained within superordinate
arches, the stepped plinth, with stripped classical detailing,
of stone; all this over a broken pedimented projecting entrance
block (all stone) with tall round-headed arch. Loggia of 3-bays
to either side with clerestory windows containing iron chevron-
patterned glazing bars. The return range of eleven bays,
similarly fenestrated to both ground and 1st floors, with doors
treated in the same manner. Outer bays with overhanging eaves;
central bays with stepped parapets surmounted by urns and central
flagstaff over municipal coat of arms. Contemporary fittings
include bronze lamps. Interior: hall with massive unadorned
round-headed arches of three orders (to front range); tie-rod
roof; part-glazed. Several contemporary features include ticket
offices with chevron and other art-deco style glazing patterns.
A fine restrained composition in the simplified classical style
popular at the time. Historical note: the first commercial shore-
based Radar station in the world for the navigation of ships was
installed at the Seacombe Terminal buildings in 1947.

Listing NGR: SJ3256090800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549759

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