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How old is this building?
« on: Saturday 31 May 25 10:54 BST (UK) »
My Gr Gr Grandfather owned a warehouse at 32 London road, Liverpool (England) in the 1870s. This is the building that occupies the same spot in the present day. Just wondering if it looks old enough to date from that period: does anyone know?

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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 31 May 25 11:14 BST (UK) »
It looks of the period to me despite the modern double glazing

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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 31 May 25 11:32 BST (UK) »
Yes I agree. Definitely of the period.

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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 31 May 25 12:02 BST (UK) »
Gore's directory for 1900 shows 6 separate occupiers of premises between Pudsey Street and Hotham Street

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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 31 May 25 12:16 BST (UK) »
1873:
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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 31 May 25 12:19 BST (UK) »
1875:
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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 31 May 25 12:58 BST (UK) »
I asked an AI and it said 1870s-1890s based on window style and architectural details.
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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 31 May 25 13:09 BST (UK) »
deleted, wrong building, I’ll try again!
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Re: How old is this building?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 31 May 25 13:21 BST (UK) »
Evidence for a date between 1864 and 1891.

This is the site on the 1953 large scale map, just to establish the plan view at 30-32 London Road.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/210679825#zoom=5.0&lat=4279&lon=2697&layers=BT

Same site on the 1891 Town Plan: split across two maps, unfortunately but clearly different from the next , earlier, map in my sequence.
corner with Hotham Street
https://maps.nls.uk/view/229948710#zoom=4.6&lat=1657&lon=1067&layers=BT
just west of corner
https://maps.nls.uk/view/229948707#zoom=5.2&lat=1836&lon=15874&layers=BT

And finally the earlier Town Plan, surveyed 1848, revised 1864: a different building.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/229948131#zoom=6.1&lat=6087&lon=3604&layers=BT
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