Allerton Priory, Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, England

England

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, is a Grade II* listed building designed by Alfred Waterhouse

Alfred Waterhouse

Alfred Waterhouse was a British architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. He is perhaps best known for his design for the Natural History Museum in London, and Manchester Town Hall, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the...

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It has been a home for the elderly, nuns once ran it as a refuge for Irish girls. It was temporary certified 18 May 1916 for 15 girls, re-certified 1917 as a mixed school as Allerton Priory Special Industrial School for mentally defective girls under 15. It ceased to be a Home Office school in 1933. The Nuns owned the property until the 80's taken over and converted to a Nursing Home. It was managed by a local family until the late nineties but has since been converted into apartments.

External links

• http://www.pjlivesey-group.co.uk/siteNorm/developmentDetailHistoric.php?qsSelectedDevelopmentId=31
• http://www.missing-ancestors.com/ALLERTON%20PRIORY%20SPECIAL%20IND%20SCH%20INFO%20PAGE.htm