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Liverpool homeopathic building saved |
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Liverpool homeopathic building saved |
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English Heritage have listed the former Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensary on Hope Street, Liverpool, as a building of national significance. This is in response to a campaign by local people and the Victorian Society, who fought plans to extend and demolish part of the Victorian homeopathic hospital which was built by F&G Holmes with money from Henry Tate, the Liverpool sugar magnate. Recognising the importance of the 1886 Queen Anne Revival building, which is notable for its early hydraulic lift and innovative heating and ventilation system, English Heritage listed the building as Grade II. Now campaigners hope the decision will be enough to convince Liverpool City Council to ask the owners to rethink their conversion scheme. Alex Baldwin, the Society’s Conservation Adviser, says ‘This is excellent news. The Hahnemann building is an attractive example of an homeopathic hospital built according to Victorian principles of hospital design. It is clearly very popular locally and has a lot to contribute to Liverpool’s historic character’. The Victorian Society thinks the former hospital could be turned into a hotel. The Victorian Society, 1 Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT, tel: 020 8994 1019, www.victoriansociety.org.uk. |
22 April 2008 |
