Grassendale Promenade

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Grassendale Promenade by Sue Adair as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Grassendale Promenade

Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 15 Aug 2005

Grassendale Park, a private residential park where the Liverpool merchants built their homes, was laid out in the early to mid-nineteenth century in the form of a tree-lined grid of roads leading to this elegant riverside promenade. Detached and semi-detached villas were set in large plots of land, and a strong design discipline was applied to boundary walls, building lines, external materials and other details of the development. Very few houses are of the same design, the most attractive being those of the 1840s. These are classical in style, with fine iron balconies and beautifully proportioned windows, doors and stucco details. The cranes of Garston Dock can be seen in the background.

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