12 Hanover Street

12 Hanover Street
12 Hanover Street
General information
LocationHanover Street, Liverpool, England
Coordinates53°24′09″N 2°59′18″W / 53.4024329°N 2.9883133°W / 53.4024329; -2.9883133
Year built1889–1890
Design and construction
ArchitectEdmund Kirby
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
12, Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 4AA
Designated14 March 1975
Reference no.1207393

12 Hanover Street is a former warehouse building that has been converted into an office. It is located on Hanover Street in the centre of Liverpool, England and is a Grade II listed building.

A blue plaque describing the building's history

History

Built between 1889–1890 for Ellis & Co, provision dealers, it originally consisted of a warehouse with offices on the upper floor. The building incorporated an earlier cement and tile warehouse building on Argyle Street that dates back to 1863. Ellis & Co were owned by local MP Burton William Ellis and traded on the site until the 1960s.

In the early 1990s, it was bought by Liverpool Housing Trust who used it as offices for nearly forty years. It was sold in 2020 to a property development company who wanted to turn it into a five-star hotel. The hotel never opened and the building is currently owned and occupied by an insurance company.

Architecture

The building is four storeys, plus a basement, and its frontage is made up of twelve bays. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof. The red bricks and terracota used were from the Ruabon Terracotta Works in Wrexham, Wales. During conversion to offices in the 1990s many of the original features, such as brick walls, exposed columns and vaulted ceilings were retained.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "12, Hanover Street, Non Civil Parish - 1207393 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Municipal Buildings, Liverpool (1068281)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Plaques, Open. "Blue plaque № 30406". openplaques.org. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Biographical Sketches - Mr Burton W. Ellis, C.C". Daily Post. 29 April 1908.
  5. 1 2 McDonough, Tony (5 September 2019). "Liverpool city centre office building goes on the market for £4m". Liverpool Business News. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Whelan, Dan (2 March 2020). "Living Brick plots five-star Liverpool hotel". Place North West. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Locations | The Acorn Group". www.theacorngroup.com. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "12, Hanover Street, Non Civil Parish - 1207393 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2025.