25/02/2008
Former hospital listed
A former Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary - which is currently subject to plans to convert it to a boutique hotel -was today listed.
The Hahnemann's Building in Hope Street has been designated a Grade II listed building.
The three storey building was built in 1886-7. It was designed by architects F&G Holme and funded by Sir Henry Tate as a free gift to Liverpool citizens.
It was originally called the Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensary , being renamed the Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital in 1948..
In recent years it was used as part of Liverpool JMU's School of Art and Design.
There is a current planning application to convert the building into a hotel with restaurant, bar, spa and conference facilities. This would involve the partial demolition of the building.
Clllr Berni Turner, Executive Member for the Environment and Historic Environment champion, said: "When I saw the plans for the Hahnemann Building I, along with Cllr Flo Clucas, immediately contacted English Heritage to see if we could get this amazing building listed.
"It was the first homeopathic dispensary in the country and the second homeopathic hospital and we do not want to lose a building with an amazing history such as that.
"We have been supported by Save Our City and other organisations and this success in safeguarding part of our history shows the value to the city of having a champion for the historic environment.
"Now we are campaigning to have Josephine Butler House, which is threatened with demolition, listed."
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