Toxteth Town Hall

Following significant population growth, largely associated with the proximity of the township to the Liverpool Docks, an improvement act for Toxteth Park, which contemplated the construction of public offices, was enacted in 1842 and a local board of health was formed in 1856. One of the first actions of the new board was to commission purpose-built public offices: the site they selected in High Park Street was in the midst of an extensive developing residential area. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto High Park Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a tall round headed window with an architrave flanked…