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Westminster Road Police and Fire Station, Kirkdale, Liverpool.
The Police and Fire Station buildings in Westminster Road, Kirkdale have only been saved from demolition as recently as 2007. Designed by Liverpool's youngest ever City Surveyor Thomas Shelmerdine in 1885 it formerly housed a police station, fire station and bridewell. Later parts of the building were used as a public house, but for many years it has been derelict. it was due to be demolished in 2007. Fortunately it has now been granted Grade II listed status. The building uses red-brick, tile and is in an 'Old English' style and contains some remarkable detailing.
Shelmerdine built several equally impressive libraries in Liverpool including the nearby Everton Library in a neo-Jacobean style. The Kirkdale and Everton areas of Liverpool retain some incredible examples of late Victorian and Edwardian building craftsmanship, such as checkerboard banding in the brickwork, turrets (as in the Westminster Road site) and architectural mouldings. As these areas are in a very run-down and deprived part of Liverpool the beauty of this element of the city's heritage is too often ignored.
Thomas Shelmerdine (1845-1921) became City Surveyor aged 26 in 1871 and continued in the job for 43 years.
Hwaenamu-ro, sometimes referred to as Gyeongnidan road is a street not far from Itaewon station which is full of trendy restaurants, cafes and shops. Here you can find a great range of chic places to eat, shop or drink but don’t be surprised if you have to queue to enter some of the more popular spots. Being geographically situated on a hill approaching the Hyatt hotel, as you walk up the street you can see fantastic views of N Seoul Tower and houses built on the mountainside.
Accessible from:
Noksapyeong Station, Line 6, Exit 2.