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A row of lovely four storey houses, serviced by it's own private carriageway. It's a magnificent spot, right on the brow of St James' Mount overlooking the cemetery. From Gambier Terrace it is possible to look out over the River Mersey and see the Wirral and North Wales. Gambier Terrace is built in two distinct styles. The story goes that construction stopped when the money ran out at the halfway point, and what should have been a symmetrical composition was completed some years later with rather smaller yellow brick houses quite unlike the ones at the north end of the terrace. |
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| This classical view
was sent to me by a local resident. It shows the Terrace half-built,
as it must have appeared for many years (about fifty, I would guess).
The column in the foreground belongs to the Oratory, which today stands in the shadow of the cathedral. |
Another wartime picture - Gambier Terrace and the end of Canning Street seen from the southern end of the cathedral. | The northern end
of the Terrace during the Second World War. If you click on this picture to see an enlarged version, notice the sandbags piled up as protection against bomb blast. |
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If you live on Gambier Terrace, and have something to say about it - memories, opinions, pictures - mail me. I can put your contribution on this site. |
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Paul Witherspoon |
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