Leyland Arcade Lord Street Southport

LEYLAND ARCADE, SOUTHPORT - The front section of the above, consisting of 13 lock-up shops, has recently been completed. The rear portion is expected to be in readiness for occupation within a few months. The arcade will comprise 45 lock-up shops and caretaker's house on the ground floor, together with numerous offices, ladies' club, sale-room, and other conveniences on the first floor, and assembly-hall on the second floor. As may be been by the plan, the frontage to Lord-street the principal business street) is limited: hence an entrance of but l10 feet 6 inches wide leads to an arcade 27 feet in width, marked by a central area covered by an octagonal dome 63 feet in diameter. The whole will be covered in to afford a sheltered promenade. Electric light is to be employed throughout. The whole of the premises are to be heated throughout by a circulation of hot-water so arranged that each tenant may regulate the temperature of his own premises. The whole is being carried out from the designs and under the supervision of Mr. G. E. Bolshaw, architect, 1S9, Lord-street, Southport, by the following contractors: Front section, Messrs. Vaughan Brothers, Southport: back section, Messrs. Wishart and Irving, Southport. [Building News 8 July 1898 Page 45]

Reference           Building News 8 July 1898 Page 45 and illustrations