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Latitude: 53.4454 / 53°26'43"N
Longitude: -2.9942 / 2°59'39"W
OS Eastings: 334064
OS Northings: 394747
OS Grid: SJ340947
Mapcode National: GBR 726.9X
Mapcode Global: WH870.ZNCL
Plus Code: 9C5VC2W4+48
Entry Name: Education Department and front wall
Listing Date: 17 January 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1198913
English Heritage Legacy ID: 216419
ID on this website: 101198913
Location: Sandhills, Sefton, Merseyside, L20
County: Sefton
Electoral Ward/Division: Linacre
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bootle
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Bootle St Matthew with St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Architectural structure
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/10/2015
SJ 39 SW
11/19
BOOTLE
ORIEL ROAD (east side),
Education Department and front wall
GV
II
Library and museum, now offices. 1886. By J. Johnson. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Two storeys, five bays. Faceted plinth and top panelled frieze,
cornice and parapet with finials; flat pilasters to ends and flanking first bay. Ground floor windows are paired, with round tympana with roundels and foliage, archivolts and imposts. First bay entrance is round headed with key, consoled entablature with panel above inscribed "FREE LIBRARY/AND/MUSEUM" and date in segmental pediment. First floor first bay round-headed window has open pediment, other bays have rectangular panels. Parapet over first bay has roundel with arms supporting two seated figures; pavilion roof.
Low front wall with granite bollards supporting lamp standards with C20 lamps and cast iron bollards in form of light houses supporting chains.
Listing NGR: SJ3406494747
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