Statutory list reference: 9/79

Statutory List grade: Grade II
First listed: 30/03/1987
Period: 1840
Monument type: Gates and gateway.
National Grid reference E: 403604  N: 288766
Conservation Area: It is not in a Conservation Area
Building at risk: This building is not at risk

Statutory list description:

Gates and gateway. Circa 1840, moved to present position C20. Cast iron. Lower part in four sections, the two central ones opening as gates. Each has diagonal lattice infill cast to resemble rope, with a knot at each inter- section. Each has a central lozenge with a cast mermaid with two tails. Above is an elaborate superstructure, with a Liver bird above ropework draped with cloth, flanked by nautical symbols including oars, flags and bugles, ships' wheels and intersecting dolphins. A C20 plaque is inscribed: "These gates were cast by Henry Pooley and Son about 1840 for the Sailors' Home, Liverpool. The Avery and Pooley Foundries were amalgamated in 1931". Soho Foundry is on the site of the foundry established in 1796 by Boulton, Watt and Sons for the manufacture of steam engine parts.

Further information:

This building or structure is included in the schedule of buildings of special architectural or historic interest made under to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and preceding legislation. This record was last updated on 1st April 2006. For advice as to any subsequent additions or deletions to the statutory list entry, please contact the Council's Conservation Officer.