Residential plans for seamen’s refuge approved

PLANS to convert an historic listed building in Liverpool city centre have been approved by the council’s planning committee.

Windermere-based JCC Building Services, run by Paul and Susan Young, wants to convert the empty Chancery House, also known as the Gordon Smith Institute, into apartments.

The Flemish gothic-style building sits on the edge of Liverpool One in Paradise Street. It was built in 1899 to provide accommodation and other assistance to seafarers who had fallen on hard times.

JCC wants to add a six-storey building in the car park and a two-storey roof-top extension to create 37 apartments and two retail units. Extending into the car park will cause the loss of seven London Plane trees which were protected in 2011 due to the lack of trees in the city centre.

The project has been designed by city architects Falconer Chester Hall.

Managing director Adam Hall said: “This conversion will contribute to the vitality of the city centre through its commercial uses and provide excellent living accommodation in the heart of the city.”

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