Chapel Street, Liverpool. What's the story?
Revised in 2021.
I've found more information, but still no answer as to why this site has remained empty for almost 50 years.
(Or why these fragments were allowed to remain).
Peters Buildings, 11-13 Rumford Street/1-3 Chapel Street, Liverpool.
Architects: Culshaw & Sumners (Drawings dated 1863 and 1864 are in the Lancashire Record Office) Source: Joseph Sharples.
First 'hit' in on-line newspapers was the Liverpool Mercury of 17 September 1866.
The 1867 Gore's shows 5 occupants at 3 Chapel Street, and 26 occupants at 11 & 13 Rumford Street.
Can be traced as far as 25 September 1976 when J. Knight, 3 Chapel Street advertised "Vans with drivers".
Before that there were regular adverts for John Wallwork, Volvo dealers, 13 Rumford Street, and they ended on 5 March 1976.
In June 1975 there was an application for a 7-storey office block, including a replacement for the Pig & Whistle, a basement car park and two shop kiosks on the site.
Liverpool Corporation Planning sub-committee didn't like the design of the building, but the Planning Officer (Ted Evans) said it wasn't so bad as to merit refusal of planning permission, so the architect (not named) redesigned the office block. The Planning Officer then said he didn't like the changes and couldn't support them. The headline was "Planners hit stalemate on office scheme." (Liverpool Echo, 5 March 1976). That's the last 'hit' in on-line newspapers.
I think we can assume that the building was demolished after September 1976, but the mystery remains why the prime site has remained empty ever since. (It's still used as an open-air car park in 2021).
Original research by Philip G Mayer.
Edit.
We can now take the story up to 1980.
www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/51735858345/in/datepos...
Chapel Street, Liverpool. What's the story?
Revised in 2021.
I've found more information, but still no answer as to why this site has remained empty for almost 50 years.
(Or why these fragments were allowed to remain).
Peters Buildings, 11-13 Rumford Street/1-3 Chapel Street, Liverpool.
Architects: Culshaw & Sumners (Drawings dated 1863 and 1864 are in the Lancashire Record Office) Source: Joseph Sharples.
First 'hit' in on-line newspapers was the Liverpool Mercury of 17 September 1866.
The 1867 Gore's shows 5 occupants at 3 Chapel Street, and 26 occupants at 11 & 13 Rumford Street.
Can be traced as far as 25 September 1976 when J. Knight, 3 Chapel Street advertised "Vans with drivers".
Before that there were regular adverts for John Wallwork, Volvo dealers, 13 Rumford Street, and they ended on 5 March 1976.
In June 1975 there was an application for a 7-storey office block, including a replacement for the Pig & Whistle, a basement car park and two shop kiosks on the site.
Liverpool Corporation Planning sub-committee didn't like the design of the building, but the Planning Officer (Ted Evans) said it wasn't so bad as to merit refusal of planning permission, so the architect (not named) redesigned the office block. The Planning Officer then said he didn't like the changes and couldn't support them. The headline was "Planners hit stalemate on office scheme." (Liverpool Echo, 5 March 1976). That's the last 'hit' in on-line newspapers.
I think we can assume that the building was demolished after September 1976, but the mystery remains why the prime site has remained empty ever since. (It's still used as an open-air car park in 2021).
Original research by Philip G Mayer.
Edit.
We can now take the story up to 1980.
www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/51735858345/in/datepos...