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#everysinglestreet [26/05/21] Hill’s Place, Abbeymill Court and 102 High Street

Graham Holland   

I walked down to the Tesco Metro at lunchtime to pick up some scones, and while I was there I decided to run the two addresses I was missing from Wavertree. CityStrides had already marked them as completed due to the GPS traces of previous runs getting close enough to the nodes, so I didn’t officially get any extra streets today. But at least I completed them properly. 

Hill’s Place is a close hidden just off the High Street, accessible from a gap in the buildings fronting the main road. For many years it didn’t even have a road sign, but the Council seems to have rectified that. I’d run or driven past it hundreds of times and never noticed it, so today was the first time I entered and ran to the end.

After Hill’s Place I crossed the road and went through the tunnel through the building opposite that takes you into Abbeymill Court. It was strange looking back through the entrance in the new-ish building back out onto the High Street to see the old buildings opposite. 

No 102 High Street has a plaque on the outside from The Wavertree Society proudly declaring this property as “Liverpool’s only surviving example of a Georgian bow-windowed shopfront.” As such it’s a Grade II listed building. In 1846 it was occupied by John Gore, a sadler. It’s also been home for a cycle manufacturer, a boot dealer, an antique store, and a cobler. It’s currently lovingly cared for by Raymond Jones, wood turner. You can read all about this labour of love in last year’s Liverpool Echo article.

Stats

  • Wednesday 26th May 2021
  • 2 streets
    Hill’s Place, Abbeymill Court
  • Total: 3,855 (68.02%)
  • Remaining: 1,813

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