Rodney Street in

Liverpool Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...

, England, is noted for the number of

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s who practise there and its

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. It is sometimes referred to as the "

Harley Street Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, Central London, which has, since the 19th century housed a large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. It was named after Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.

of the North". Together with Hope Street and

Gambier Terrace Gambier Terrace (Liverpool, England) is a street of 19th-century houses overlooking St. James's Mount and Gardens and Liverpool Cathedral. It is generally reckoned to be in Canning, although it falls within the Rodney Street conservation area ...

it forms the Rodney Street

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. There are over 60 Grade II

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on the street and one Grade II* former church.

History

Rodney Street was laid out in 1783–1784 by

William Roscoe William Roscoe (8 March 175330 June 1831) was an English banker, lawyer, and briefly a Member of Parliament. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children ''The Butterfly's Ball, and the G ...

and others. It was named after

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB ( bap. 13 February 1718 – 24 May 1792), was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at th ...

, who, in 1782, secured a naval victory over the

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at the

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. It was developed piecemeal up to the 1820s with houses for the affluent, escaping the old town centre. A few houses have five

bays A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a na ...

, with central doors, but most are three bays. They were erected in pairs or short runs by different developers which led to an inconsistent roof line. Sometimes referred to in local media as the "Harley Street of the North", some buildings on Rodney Street are now used by doctors conducting private clinics, notably for

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Buildings

No. 9 was the birthplace of Arthur Clough, a poet born in 1819. No. 62 (built 1792–1793) was the birthplace in 1809 of

William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-con ...

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on four separate occasions through the 1860s to the 1890s, and the home of his father

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. No. 59 Rodney Street was home and studio to photographer Edward Chambré Hardman from 1947 to 1988, and his wife, business partner and fellow photographer,

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until her death in 1969., and is now owned by the

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and open to the public. On the north side of Rodney Street stands the disused

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Church of Saint Andrew, built in 1823–1824. The body of the church is of a simple two-storey design with round arched windows and

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ed walls designed by Daniel Stewart. The façade of blackened

ashlar Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...

, designed by John Foster Jr., is an imposing composition of Ionic entrance columns, flanked by corner towers, topped with Corinthian columns and domes. In 2012, the former church was renovated and redeveloped to provide en suite student accommodation for 100 students.

Notable residents

* Henry Booth merchant, entrepreneur, and engineer *

Arthur Hugh Clough Arthur Hugh Clough ( ; 1 January 181913 November 1861) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough who both became ...

and

Anne Clough Anne Jemima Clough (20 January 182027 February 1892) was an early English suffragist and a promoter of higher education for women. She was the first principal of Newnham College. Life Clough was born at Liverpool, Lancashire, the daughter of c ...

were born in the street *

William Henry Duncan William Henry Duncan (27 January 1805 – 23 May 1863), also known as Doctor Duncan, was an English doctor who worked in Liverpool as its first Medical Officer of Health. Early life and career Duncan was born on Seel Street, Liverpool on 27 ...

, appointed as Liverpool's first

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in 1847 *

was born at number 62 * E. Chambré Hardman, photographer, studio at no 59 *

Nicholas Monsarrat Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–45), but perhaps known best i ...

, novelist, was born on the street.Liverpool Record Office Annual Report 2008-2009 *

, developer and historian *

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, the first

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from 1790 to 1829, lived at 4 Rodney Street *

Brian Epstein Brian Samuel Epstein (; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was a British music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him i ...

, manager of

The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...

, was born at no 4 Rodney Street in 1934

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Rodney Street conservation area

88 Rodney Street Website
{{Roads in Liverpool Buildings and structures in Liverpool Streets in Liverpool 1783 establishments in England

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