Fancy a drink in a Listed Building or Heritage Pub?
As you know the Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool City centre had its Listing status upgraded from Grade ll to Grade l, the highest rating that Historic England can bestow on a building in England. This will give it an extra layer of protection in planning terms.
Did you know that there are a number of other interesting listed pubs selling Real Ale in the Liverpool & Districts CAMRA area? So if you fancy a pint in a pub with characterful historic surroundings, knowing that not much has changed over the decades, then check out this list.
All the Listed Pubs can be viewed on the Historic England web site: historicengland.org.uk where you can review the details of why these pubs are so special and need to be preserved.
Albert, Lark Lane - Grade II - Listing No 1084204.
Allerton Hall, Allerton - Grade II* - Listing No 1063751
Arkles, Arkles Lane, Anfield - Grade II - Listing No 1356258.
Baltic Fleet, Wapping, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1218452.
Belvedere, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1068240.
Black Bull, Gateacre - Grade II - Listing No 1025015.
Bridewell, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1068393. (The Old Bridewell).
Central Hotel, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1209503.
Childwall Abbey, Childwall Abbey Road, Childwall - Grade II - Listing No 1280365.
Crown Hotel, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1208085.
Crows Nest, Crosby - Grade II - Listing No 1257336
Doctor Duncans, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1292419. (St John’s House)
Edinburgh, Sandown Lane, Wavertree - Grade II - Listing No 1363094.
Elephant, Woolton - Grade II - Listing No 1063 754.
Lion Tavern, Moorfields, City Centre, - Grade II - Listing No 1363074.
North Western, City Centre, - Grade II - Listing No 1084209. (North Western Hall).
Old Bank, Aigburth - Grade II - Listing No 1068400
Peter Kavanaghs’, Egerton Street, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1001636.
Philharmonic, City Centre - Grade I - Listing No 1207638.
Pump House, Royal Albert Dock, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1280849.
Punch Bowl Hotel, Lunt Road, Sefton - Grade II - Listing No 1199887
Thomas Rigby’s, City Centre - Grade II - Listing No 1206420 (Rigby’s Buildings)
Scotch Piper, Lydiate. - Grade II* - Listing No 1343315
Volunteer Canteen, Waterloo. - Grade II - Listing No 1393702
There are others but sadly they do not sell real ale and some of them are now closed:
Boundary, 2A Smithdown Road, Wavertree. L7 4JG - Grade II - Listing No 1063316 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/220/boundary-liverpool
Brown Cow, 10 Halewood Road, Gateacre. - Grade II - Listing No 1075208 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/160/brown-cow-liverpool
Carters Arms, Glovers Brow, Kirkby, L32 2AD. - Grade II - Listing No 1068582 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/347/carters-arms-liverpool
Glebe Hotel, 195 County Road. - Grade II - Listing No 1068299
Grapes, Stanhope Street. - Grade II - Listing No 1063327 (Grapes Public House and Higsons Brewery) Latterly the Higsons Tap. - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/36/brewery-tap-liverpool
Hare and Hounds, 9 Almonds Green, West Derby. - Grade II - Listing No1205252 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/124/hare-hounds-liverpool
International Hotel, Church Road, Crosby. - Grade II - Listing No 1257656
Lamb Hotel, 111 High Street, Wavertree. - Grade II - Listing No1207497 (Converted to offices) - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/195/lamb-liverpool
Mere Bank, 178 Heyworth Street, L5 4LJ, – Grade II Listing No 1343621 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/218/merebank-liverpool
Munro, 92 & 94 Duke Street. - Grade II - Listing No 1068257 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/64/monro-liverpool
Pogue Mahone, 77 Seel Street. - Grade II - Listing No 1073448
Prince Arthur, 93 Rice Lane. - Grade II - Listing No 1380269 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/209/prince-arthur-liverpool
Prince of Wales, 225 and 227 London Road. – Grade II - Listing No 1293311
Railway Hotel, Glovers Brow, Kirkby, L32 2AD. - Grade II - Listing No 1068580 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/322/railway-hotel-liverpool
Royal Hotel, Smithdown Road. - Grade II - Listing No 1063317 (Converted to residential) - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/379/royal-hotel-liverpool
Saddle Inn, 17 Dale Street. - Grade II - Listing No 1356319 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/250/saddle-inn-liverpool
Seaforth Arms Hotel, Seaforth Road. - Grade II - Listing No 1257325
Victoria Hotel, Great Gorges Road, Crosby. - Grade II - Listing No 1257619
Vines, 79 – 87 Lime Street. - Grade II* - Listing No 1084210 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/130/vines-liverpool
Wavertree Town Hall, 89 High Street, Wavertree. - Grade II - Listing No 1075219
West Derby (Hunting Lodge), Almonds Green, West Derby. - Grade II - Listing No 1068387 - https://whatpub.com/pubs/MER/123/hunting-lodge-liverpool
White House, 183 and 185 Duke Street. - Grade II - Listing No 1390945
The CAMRA Pub Heritage Group have also been identifying and recording pubs with historic interiors which they consider as being of historic regional importance:
Albert, Lark Lane, Aigburth. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4205
Belvedere, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/296
Central, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4199
Cracke, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4201
Crown Hotel, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/114
Crows Nest, Crosby. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4211
Dealers Arms, Garston. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4207
Edinburgh, Crosby. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4210
Halton Castle, West Derby. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4202
Hole in Ye Wall, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/347
Lion Tavern, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/108
Ma Egerton’s, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4198
Philharmonic, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/111
Peter Kavanagh’s, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/110
Roscoe Head, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/115
Scotch Piper, Lydiate. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/116
Ship & Mitre, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/563
Swan Hotel, Garston. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4206
Thomas Rigby’s, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4208
Volunteer Canteen, Waterloo. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/117
White Horse, Woolton. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4286
White Star, City Centre. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4209
There are others but sadly they do not sell real ale and some of them are now closed which puts them in danger.
Barlow Arms, Kirkdale, L4 4NU. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4213.
Bleak House, Toxteth, L8 4RN. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4280.
Boundary, 2A Smithdown Road, Wavertree. L7 4JG - Grade II - Listing No 1063316 - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4215
Crown Inn, West Derby, - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4278.
Globe, Toxteth, L8 6SH - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4218.
Herculaneum Bridge, Toxteth, L8 4UY - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4217.
Kensington, 189 Kensington, L7 2RF - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4260.
Linacre, Bootle, L20 5AL. (Closed since 2019) - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4279.
Lister Hotel, Fairfield, L7 0LQ - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4214.
Midland, City Centre, L1 1JP - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4200.
Mosley Arms, Toxteth, L8 6SR - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4219
Prince Arthur, Walton, L9 1AD - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/113
Queens Arms, Huyton, L36 5XE - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4296
Saddle, 86 Fountain Road, Kirkdale, L4 1ST. - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/4258
Vines, City Centre, L1 1JQ - https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/112
All the above pubs can be viewed at pubheritage.camra.org.uk where you will find some excellent photos.
Graham Murray March 2021.
