Rodney Street, Liverpool is well known for its Georgian architecture and for being the “Harley Street of the North,” due to the amount of doctors who practice there. Located close to the Georgian Canning area of Liverpool, it has over 60 Grade Two listed building.



1A, 1,3 and 5 Rodney Street, Liverpool
1, 3, and 5 Rodney Street, Liverpool are three late Georgian terraced houses. Built of red brick, three stories high and iron balconies to the first floor.

St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, Rodney Street, Liverpool was built in 1823-4 to the design of Daniel Stewart and the facade by John Foster, Junior. The body of the church is a simple two storey design and has huge Ionic entrance columns. In the churchyard to the north is the Sunday School, built in 1872 in a similar style to the church. The church closed in 1975 and there were plans to demolish it after a fire in 1983. In 2015 it was fully restored and is now student accommodation called “St Andrew’s Place.”


Three storey house with a round headed doorway and inset fluted columns to the entrance.

No. 9 is the birthplace of poet Arthur Clough (born 1819) and first principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, Anne Clough (born 1820).




25 Rodney Street on the corner of Hardman Street, is mid 19 century, but then 27 – 31 Rodney Street houses return to the Georgian style.

27 Rodney Street aka Roscoe House is an early three storey 19th century house with a basement. The open wall staircase at rear of hall has iron balusters.

Open wall staircase at rear of building.

29 Rodney Street has a heavy stone Doric portico projecting.

31 Rodney Street has a later Ionic portico added.

33 and 33A Rodney Street are set back behind a small garden of trees and foliage. 33 is three storey brick Georgian with a modern doorway, but 33A is an early 20th century addition.

