St Peter's House, Balliol Road, Bootle
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St Peter's House, Balliol Road, Bootle
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 28 Jul 2011
Dating from c1967, the architects Gunton & Gunton for developers Kenyon Construction Co. I think it was at least partly occupied by Sefton Council. Improbable as it may seem, Pevsner adduces Bootle as perhaps the nearest we come (or came) in this country to a Corbusian vision. Prompted by the need to revive a flagging economy previously reliant on the docks and the arrival of the Inland Revenue, in the mid 1960s the planners in Bootle, guided by the precepts of the French modernist architect, Le Corbusier, embarked on an ambitious reinvention of the town. Stanley Road was lined with towers and slabs, but, as Pevsner points out, the vision was undermined by the survival of older buildings in their midst. More recently, at least one has been demolished (Image], previously just left of shot).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.446147
Longitude
-2.987652