Warehouses B and C (Royal Albert Dock) Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Warehouses B and C of the Royal Albert Dock at dusk, with reflections in the water, looking southwest. Liverpool, England, UK. Image credit: Holly Hayes

Listed Building Description
old-fashioned flower design element

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

SJ 34 89 ALBERT DOCK L3

30/41 Warehouse B & C (formerly listed under Canning Place with other 28.6.52 warehouses)

G.V. I

Warehouses to south and west of dock. 1841-5. J. Hartley. Iron frame and brick with stone dressings, iron clad roof. 5 storeys, L-plan building, 47 bays to Gower Street with 1st 4 bays recessed. 2 recesses of 9 x 6 bays; 55 bays to west facade with 3 recesses of 9 x 5 bays. Facade to dock has recessed ground floor with Doric colonnade of iron columns (2 granite columns to angle) above granite rubble dock wall. Quoins and top parapet. Segmental-headed windows. 2 entrances to Gower Street have granite gate piers. Albert Dock is one of the earliest enclosed docks in the world and is a complete example of the type.

Listing NGR: SJ3405689591