12 Hanover Street

Listed building in Liverpool, England October 2025 October 2025 12 Hanover Street Paradise Street - geograph.org.uk - 2986611.jpg 12 Hanover Street Hanover Street, Liverpool, England 53.4024329 -2.9883133 region:GB_type:landmark inline,title 18891890 Edmund Kirby yes Grade II Listed Building 12, Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 4AA 14 March 1975 1207393 y none 12 Hanover Street is a former warehouse building that has been converted into an office.12, Hanover Street, Non Civil Parish - 1207393 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207393 historicengland.org.uk 27 October 2025 en It is located on Hanover Street in the centre of Liverpool, England and is a Grade II listed building.1068281 Municipal Buildings, Liverpool 10 April 2020 thumb|right|A blue plaque describing the building's history History Built between 18891890 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.Biographical Sketches - Mr Burton W. Ellis, C.C Daily Post 29 April 1908 In the early 1990s, it was bought by Liverpool Housing Trust who used it as offices for nearly forty years.McDonough Tony Liverpool city centre office building goes on the market for £4m https://lbndaily.co.uk/liverpool-city-centre-office-building-goes-market-4m/ Liverpool Business News 27 October 2025 5 September 2019 It was sold in 2020 to a property development company who wanted to turn it into a five-star hotel.Whelan Dan Living Brick plots five-star Liverpool hotel https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/living-brick-plots-five-star-liverpool-hotel/ 27 October 2025 Place North West 2 March 2020 The hotel never opened and the building is currently owned and occupied by an insurance company.Locations The Acorn Group https://www.theacorngroup.com/locations/ www.theacorngroup.com 27 October 2025 25 September 2024 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.12, Hanover Street, Non Civil Parish - 1207393 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207393?section=official-list-entry historicengland.org.uk 27 October 2025 en The red bricks and terracota used were from the Ruabon Terracotta Works in Wrexham, Wales.Plaques Open Blue plaque № 30406 https://openplaques.org/plaques/30406 openplaques.org 27 October 2025 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 Architecture of Liverpool Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L1 References Category:Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool Category:1889 establishments in England