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Moss Street, LIVERPOOL, L6 1AQ

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.

On the right is the baroque-influenced Martins Bank, 1905. The gothic building opposite, between London Road and Moss Street, is the former Prince of Wales pub (closed in 1999), now converted into student accommodation behind the facade (thanks to Sue Adair for this information).

Typical Edwardian Baroque bank building, though its octagonal tower is a cut above most. Pevsner picks out the contrast between its convex balconies and concave entablature. Built of Portland stone above a grey granite ground floor. By James F. Doyle, 1904. Grade II listed. Later a Barclays Bank, I'm not sure it was occupied when the photo was taken.

This old lane provides access to the rear of the buildings facing London Road. It still retains its surface of old granite setts.

Visible straight ahead, on the corner of Moss Street (left) and Prescot Street (right), is the former Bank of Liverpool. Towards the left is the former Prince of Wales public house; both buildings are grade-II listed. Adjoining the Prince of Wales public house, on the extreme left, is Albert Court (formerly Opal Court), a student accommodation building completed in 2006. It adjoins the Prince of Wales on its opposite side too, and incorporates part of the interior for its uses. Most of the original building, however, is disused and this is very much evident from outside. The fourth road is Daulby Street.

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

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

A 1955 view of London Road, looking East from the roof of "Co-operative House" one of the Liverpool Co-operative Society's city centre department stores. Although the building remains, the store has long since gone, as has the society and the trams.

The old Co-Operative Building in London Road, once a busy department store and supermarket. This art deco building has now been turned into student accommodation.