Former Police Booth and Gate Piers at Woodside Lairage
Former Police Booth and Gate Piers at Woodside Lairage
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October 12, 2024
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lairage. Date on police booth 1868. Booth is rusticated
sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Single-storeyed,
single cell structure, with polygonal ends. Rear entrance.
Single-light windows divided by attached shafts to outer
elevation. Heavy plinth and cornice and parapet. Side wall
stack. Gate piers also rusticated ashlar with heavy plinth and
cornice. The booth was built to control principal road and
pedestrian access to the dock, as part of the work undertaken
by G.F. Lyster, engineer."
Source: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201584-former-police-booth-and-gate-piers-at-woodside-lairage-entrance-to-birkenhead-docks-birkenhead-and-tranmere-ward#google_vignette
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