The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

PLEASURE GROUNDS IN SHAW-STREET.

pro-
gress, have great pleasure in stating that t
we in and near
spirit public
of a number of gentlemen residing.
Amongst the several town improvements nohvve
the pleasantly situated
determina-
tion to convert a large breadth of
the north side of St.
fields extending from tt'e back and
Collegiate Institution,) in
Shaw-street has recently manifested itself in a
Augustine's Church, (and the
Shaw-street,
tland t
Everton
facing the original
to nearly the ancient and humble dwelling known as
northward,
~toff ae to
shthnep,T,acaannd
risingia n
that end
" Prince Rupert's Cottage,"—into a continuous pleasure
ground, for the exercise and recreation of the inhabitants
and their friends in that quarter. This will prove a great
adornment to that part of the eastern boundary of our
" citie," which may be said to be verging on the country
in air and in aspect, and within which (or nearer to the
Exchange) vegetation would scarcely approach to luxuri-
ance. Not only have the wealthy dwellers in Shaw-street
greatly to congratulate themselves on the advantages they
will thus derive, but all who feel interested in the advance-
ment of that noble seminary of education, the Collegiate
Institution, and even the inhabitants of the town at large ;
for the space to be inclosed—to be devoted to sylvan
scenery, and open to the refreshing; breeze, in place of
being planted with confined and smoky streets—will form
(as does every park in the metropolis) an additional " lobe
to the lungs" of Liverpool.
The originator of this praiseworthy project was Mr.
Edward Langsdale, who, having property in Shaw-street,
(already one house and land for five others,) contributed
£6OO towards purchasing the lease of that portion of the
land (about half of the whole) extending from the back
and side of the church to the hollow, (in which there is a
small run of water,) which now sectionally divides the
whole strip, nearly in a line from opposite the end of
William Henry-street to Plumpton-street, running into
Everton-road. On representing his views to his neigh-
bours of Shaw-street, several of them cheerfully " se.
conded the motion." Mr. Zwilchenbart took a warm inte-
rest in it; and he, Mr. Sudlow, Mr. Davenport, Mr.
Joseph King, and Mr. Crook, (each having a house in the
street,) contributed respectively £lOO. Others who have
been applied to, have given their approval ; and though
they
,yet " hang fire," as to supplying " the sinews of
war,' there seems to be little doubt but that an amicable
co-operation of nearly all the proprietors will ere long be
effected, when the advantages to be derived become more
obvious. Sufficient encouragement was, however, given,
almost as soon as the scheme was proposed, to induce
Mr. Langsdale and those who joined him to negotiate for
the purchase of the land ; and they have succeeded in ob-
taining it, on a favourable lease, from Mr. Thomas
Shaw, for a term of 26 years, with an understanding, or
something like an assurance, that it may be re-purchased,
or the lease renewed, at the expiration of that period •, so
that the probability is, that it will remain " in the family"
ad perpe Manz, and that Shaw-street, which throughout
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giate Institution, where there is also a deep quarry of
sound red stone, which will be filled up with the waste
be erected a handsomateassmtiailllgerreeastceerndtios.f
the ground at the east end of the church,
be-
hind it. This, road will form one of the southern entrances
to the "park," and at the terminat,ionßoefy
shrubberies
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Henry-street, the line of the latter street will be continued
to Plumpton.
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willun no
di dnotcueorbnstte,enimtn, time,contemplated;
to the land secured by Mr. Langsdale, Mr. Gregson the
proprietor of the remainder of the broad strip, (reaching
to the Everton bridewell,) has entered into the views of
the originator of the improvement, and the ground in
that quarter has also been given on favorable terms. The
work of preparing it for planting, &C., is only delayed until
the deeds be completed. This portion, tog, will be laid out
under the management and superintendence of Mr. Langs•
dale. The whole space to be laid out in pleasure-grounds is
about 7or 8 statute acres. Convenient entrances will be
made from the north to the south portions, so that the in-
tersecting street, continued from Henry Edward-street,