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Robinson Mews, Gertrude Street, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 5EB

This is the main entrance on Chester Street. The building is at the back of the old town hall, and I would imagine it was built at the same time (1887). Many high profile cases have been heard here.

Baroque with all manner of flourishes. By T.D. Barry & Son, 1884-87. Grade II listed. This building, which backs on to the Town Hall (Image] ) and once also housed a police station, now serves as Wirral Magistrates' Court.

Now Wirral Magistrates' Court, The Sessions Court (nearest the camera) was built 1885-87. It is a grade II listed building (English Heritage Building ID: 389151 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-389151-sessions-court-#.VbyZe3nbKHs British Listed Buildings). Further down the street, the Town Hall (with the dome) dates from 1883. It is grade II-listed (English Heritage Building ID: 389214 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-389214-town-hall-#.Vbya5XnbKHs British Listed Buildings).

Now Wirral Magistrates' Court, The Sessions Court was built 1885-87. It is a grade II listed building (English Heritage Building ID: 389151 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-389151-sessions-court-#.VbyZe3nbKHs British Listed Buildings).

A large brick house, dated c1830 in the listing, and not really like anything else in the area. Grade II listed.

Located in the prosperous business quarters of Birkenhead, Hamilton Square.

This was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead, and more recently, council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The Grade II* listed building was completed in 1887. Designed by local architect Christopher Ellison in 1882, the building was constructed using Scottish granite and sandstone from the now filled in local quarry at Storeton.

The building is on the east side of Hamilton Square and was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead. More recently it was council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and remains the location of the town's register office. When Hamilton Square was designed in the early 19th century, a plot of land was made available for the siting of a town hall between Hamilton Street and Chester Street. However, it wasn't until 1887 that the current building was completed. Designed by local architect Christopher Ellison in 1882, the building was constructed using Scottish granite and sandstone from the now filled in local quarry at Storeton. The clock tower is 200 feet in height and consists of four faces. After a fire in 1901, the upper part of the clock tower was rebuilt to a design by Henry Hartley. It is a Grade II* listed building.

One of a few extant fragments of William Laird's planned "stone city". These "class 2" houses were built c1840. Grade II* listed. Now offices.