Another Sunday, another wrecked warehouse. This time a petite one on the dock road between a diner/B&B and a vacant plot (which used to be the Trafalgar Hotel). I haven’t attempted to find the history of this place, but it was probably erected at around the same time as a larger one in the next block on Vulcan Street (ca. 1850). Like the Vulcan St. warehouse, which is a well described listed building, this one was evidently built to be fireproof, with cast iron columns, arched brick ceilings, iron doors and a fireproof stairwell. Pictures go from the basement up.
Not much in the basement except the inevitable safe, a woodworking table under a pile of wood and some pulleys for the hoist (I made a little collection).
The ground floor is partitioned up into little gloomy rooms full of wood and bits of theatre sets and props.
Some dated graffiti, must be from the 70s/80s (presumably referencing rivers-of-blood Powell and Liverpool’s militant council).
Stairs to the basement and first and second floors, the latter two probably not original. All of these are in a pretty dangerous state.
Views of the original cast iron spiral stairs, partly blocked by fallen junk.
More wood covered in pigeon crap on the first floor - writing on the walls also suggests the place was connected with musicals/theatre at some stage.
On the top floor the winding gear which would have originally have been mounted in a ‘jigger loft’, with the now fallen beam sticking up at an angle. The floor is tiled to further increase fire resistance (forgot to check if the other floors were also tiled under all the junk).
On eventually emerging covered in crap and feathers I found the street had been taken over by runners preparing for the Liverpool Santa dash. Enquiring why some Santas were blue instead of red I was told it was because they were Everton supporters, of course.
Not much in the basement except the inevitable safe, a woodworking table under a pile of wood and some pulleys for the hoist (I made a little collection).
The ground floor is partitioned up into little gloomy rooms full of wood and bits of theatre sets and props.
Some dated graffiti, must be from the 70s/80s (presumably referencing rivers-of-blood Powell and Liverpool’s militant council).
Stairs to the basement and first and second floors, the latter two probably not original. All of these are in a pretty dangerous state.
Views of the original cast iron spiral stairs, partly blocked by fallen junk.
More wood covered in pigeon crap on the first floor - writing on the walls also suggests the place was connected with musicals/theatre at some stage.
On the top floor the winding gear which would have originally have been mounted in a ‘jigger loft’, with the now fallen beam sticking up at an angle. The floor is tiled to further increase fire resistance (forgot to check if the other floors were also tiled under all the junk).
On eventually emerging covered in crap and feathers I found the street had been taken over by runners preparing for the Liverpool Santa dash. Enquiring why some Santas were blue instead of red I was told it was because they were Everton supporters, of course.
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