Mitre Hotel, 2 Church Street/Paradise Street, Liverpool. Photo c1900-01.
Joseph Sharples in the latest "Pevsner" says 2 Church Street is the former Seel's Building, completed by 1872.
He says: "A rare essay in commercial architecture by Edward Welby Pugin, best known for his R.C. churches."
By 1881 it was "Syke's Mourning Warehouse".
The Mitre Hotel, 2 Church Street, opened 13 November 1894 "on temperance principles" by the Liverpool Clerks' Café Company. 36 bedrooms.
An application for a full victualler's licence was refused in August 1895 (they'd lost money by not being able to supply booze), and refused again in each August, until finally refused in August 1899.
There was a large room where meetings were held - the final one was on 7 March 1900.
The licence and Goodwill was for sale on 22 March 1900, but there were no takers. The contents of the hotel were for sale on 27 August 1900.
It was occupied by Crane's from c1901 until they built new premises in Hanover Street in 1913-15*.
Then Cooper's (grocers) from c1920 to 1972.
Then Hepworth's (tailors).
*This date is also confirmed by Joseph Sharples.
Edit, September 2017.
It's going to reopen as a new branch of NatWest, but they're going to close seven branches in Merseyside, including Castle Street, which is the oldest operating bank (1901) in Liverpool.
A friend was in the Castle Street branch last week and he was told it was going to close, although the list of NatWest closures gives the impression it will stay open.
We'll see.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/natwest-confi...
Mitre Hotel, 2 Church Street/Paradise Street, Liverpool. Photo c1900-01.
Joseph Sharples in the latest "Pevsner" says 2 Church Street is the former Seel's Building, completed by 1872.
He says: "A rare essay in commercial architecture by Edward Welby Pugin, best known for his R.C. churches."
By 1881 it was "Syke's Mourning Warehouse".
The Mitre Hotel, 2 Church Street, opened 13 November 1894 "on temperance principles" by the Liverpool Clerks' Café Company. 36 bedrooms.
An application for a full victualler's licence was refused in August 1895 (they'd lost money by not being able to supply booze), and refused again in each August, until finally refused in August 1899.
There was a large room where meetings were held - the final one was on 7 March 1900.
The licence and Goodwill was for sale on 22 March 1900, but there were no takers. The contents of the hotel were for sale on 27 August 1900.
It was occupied by Crane's from c1901 until they built new premises in Hanover Street in 1913-15*.
Then Cooper's (grocers) from c1920 to 1972.
Then Hepworth's (tailors).
*This date is also confirmed by Joseph Sharples.
Edit, September 2017.
It's going to reopen as a new branch of NatWest, but they're going to close seven branches in Merseyside, including Castle Street, which is the oldest operating bank (1901) in Liverpool.
A friend was in the Castle Street branch last week and he was told it was going to close, although the list of NatWest closures gives the impression it will stay open.
We'll see.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/natwest-confi...