57 -67 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside: Building Investigation

An investigation of a block of four buildings; 57/59 Dale Street (Eagle Star House), 61/63 Dale Street, 65/67 Dale Street (Pioneer Building) (Plate 1) and 10/12 Vernon Street which will be referred to as the Hale Street Warehouse (located off modern Hale Street), was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) at the request of Falconer Chester Hall. The work was required by a planning condition to provide a mitigative record of the buildings in advance of the complete demolition of 61/63 Dale Street and 10/12 Vernon Street together with the partial demolition of 57/59 Dale Street, as well as significant alteration to 65/67 Dale Street as part a larger redevelopment to create a new city centre hotel on the site. None of the buildings are listed, but the site is within the Castle Street Conservation Area and is within the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile World Heritage Site. Currently Eagle Star House, 61 Dale Street, The Pioneer Building and the warehouse on Hale Street, to the rear of the development, are all derelict. The Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street, which represents the eastern limit of the block is still occupied and operating as a public house and as such will not be impacted upon by the development.