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London Road, LIVERPOOL, L3 5NW

Seymour Street at its junction with London Road, the old Lloyd's Bank building on the corner. Seymour Terrace is a development of 26 Georgian properties which were some of the first architecturally interesting buildings to be saved from the bulldozer and renovated in the 1970's. They are now mainly offices and businesses.

Looking along the fine terrace of houses on Seymour Street from its junction with London Road. The larger building on the left is Seymour Chambers.

An extravagantly top-heavy affair in "fiery" red terracotta, the style Northern Renaissance (Pevsner). Octagonal domed clock tower, a pair of elaborate shaped gables topped by volutes and much else besides. Dated 1899, by W. Hesketh & Co. Now a branch of Natwest Bank, it was built for the Liverpool Furnishing Company, the ample first- and second-floor windows presumably the better to show off their wares.

Looking across Pembroke Place towards its junction with London Road. Despite its name, London Road no longer connects at the junction and mostly provides local access. The strange shaped building on the right is a public convenience.

Looking along Hart Street from its junction with London Road. Despite the huge modern apartment block on the left, the street still has its stone sets from a bygone age.

The NatWest Bank is the only bank left in the once prosperous thoroughfare of London Road.

T.J.Hughes has been a familiar sight in London Road since it first opened its doors to Liverpool shoppers in 1912. A real landmark, survived difficult times when the once popular London Road had many derelict shops, most high street names having abandoned this outer city road with just "TJ's" three buildings bringing in the shoppers. But now the bad times have gone, money has been allocated, new businesses have opened and the whole area has been revived. There are now 44 TJs stores across the country.

Postbox No. L3 203. See Image] for context.

Showing position of Postbox No. L3 203. See Image] for postbox.

This statue of King George III stands between London Road on the left, and Pembroke Place. It was erected by public subscription to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his accession 'to the throne of these realms', which would date it to 1810. The buildings in the background are part of the T J Hughes chain.