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The Holmstead (including terrace formerly listed separately)

A Grade II Listed Building in Greenbank, Liverpool

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Latitude: 53.3777 / 53°22'39"N

Longitude: -2.9204 / 2°55'13"W

OS Eastings: 338865

OS Northings: 387160

OS Grid: SJ388871

Mapcode National: GBR 8Y1C.JW

Mapcode Global: WH87G.3CLD

Plus Code: 9C5V93HH+3R

Entry Name: The Holmstead (including terrace formerly listed separately)

Listing Date: 14 March 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1070587

English Heritage Legacy ID: 359170

ID on this website: 101070587

Location: Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18

County: Liverpool

Electoral Ward/Division: Greenbank

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Liverpool

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Mossley Hill St Matthew and St James

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

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This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/02/2018

SJ 3887
38/829

NORTH MOSSLEY HILL ROAD L18,
The Holmstead (including terrace formerly listed separately)

(Formerly listed as: St. Saviour's Convent (including terrace formerly listed separately))

14.03.75.

GV
II
House, convent when surveyed, c.1840s. Possibly Cunningham and Holme with additions of c.1870s. Stone with fishscale slate roof.

Two storeys. Four bays, irregular plan. Top corbelled cornice, gables have corbelled kneelers. First bay of one storey, with canted and hipped roof with clerestory, gargoyles to cornice. All windows are mullioned and transomed with cusped lower and upper lights. Third bay has canted bay window with embattled parapet. Second and third bays have first-floor cross windows in gabled half dormers.

End bay breaks forward; Tudor-arched entrance with carved spandrels and three-light overlight. Paired first floor windows with buttress between, pierced balcony and label mould. Top stage with chamfered angles has triangular oriel, richly carved cornice and pavilion roof with hipped roof to oriel and iron cresting. Right return projects and iron framed conservatory in angle, with canted end, pierced stone base and tracery heads to windows.

Interior has ornamented ceilings, brattishing to internal window architraves, doors with linenfold woodwork, some grisaille glass; drawing room with fine panelled ceiling. Terrace to right return and garden front has pierced balustrading and cast iron classical urns.

Listing NGR: SJ3886587160

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