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John Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 8NY

Once the largest Roman Catholic Parish in England with over 13,000 parishioners, the Church of Saint Francis Xavier (SFX) is a magnificent Grade 2* listed building designed by J.J. Scholes. The original St Francis Xavier's opened its doors on 4th December 1848, staffed by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Jesuits had been working in the Liverpool area since the C17th and in 1712, built the city's first Catholic Chapel since the Reformation. http://www.sfxchurchliverpool.com/history/historymain.php

Built in 1843 St Francis Xavier's (SFX) College was the first Catholic Secondary Grammar Day School in the country. This second building in Salisbury Street was designed by Henry Clutton and opened in 1877. In the 1960's the College moved to new premises in Woolton and the building was abandoned until recently when the grade II listed building was taken over by Hope University.

The mark faces onto Shaw Street at the junction with College Street South. Bench Mark Database: https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm88265

There is a cut bench mark on the corner of the building to the right of the photograph and a closer view can be seen here: Image

A fragment of a late Georgian terrace shamefully demolished as late as c2010. Nothing has since been done with the site. Three houses have survived: Image

The Liverpool Collegiate School, Shaw Street, was founded in 1840 under the name Liverpool Collegiate Institution, as a day school for boys. The main purpose of the school was to provide the sons of the middle class with a suitable education incorporating a combination of scientific, commercial and religious instruction. At its opening the college was divided into three schools; Upper, Middle and the Lower Schools. In 1884 the Upper School moved to a site on Lodge Lane whilst the others remained at Shaw Street. Eventually, in 1907 the schools formally split when the Middle and Commercial Schools were sold to the city. The Upper School continued as Liverpool College and became a public school, the Middle and Commercial Schools united under the name Liverpool Collegiate School and continued until its closure in 1985. The building has now been converted into apartments.

Three handsome three-storey, three-bay houses, built c1826. Each has an Ionic porch. They were originally part of a longer terrace, the rest of which was shamefully demolished in the early 2000s. Grade II listed. The middle house, and possibly the others, are occupied by Riverside, a charity helping homeless people.

This is the famous Everton roundhouse featured on the EFC badge, sometimes known as Prince Rupert's Tower. At the end of the 1937/38 season, club secretary Theo Kelly, who later became The Toffees first post-war manager, wanted to design a club necktie and although it was agreed that the colour should be blue, Kelly was given the task of designing a crest to be featured on the tie. Kelly considered the matter for four months until deciding on a reproduction of the tower which stands in the heart of the Everton district. The roundhouse has been inextricably linked with the Everton area since its construction in 1787, originally used as a bridewell to incarcerate criminals, it still stands today on Everton Brow in Netherfield Road. The roundhouse was accompanied by two laurel wreaths on either side and, according to the College of Heraldry and Arms in London, chosen as they were the signs of winners in classical times. The crest was accompanied by the club motto, "Nil Satis, Nisi Optimum", which means "Only the best is good enough". The ties were first worn by Kelly and the Everton chairman, Mr. E. Green on the first day of the 1938/39 season.

Junction of Stafford Street and Islington, Liverpool 3