On the edge of Liverpool city centre, a historic tenements complex is a shell of its former self.
Eldon Grove in Vauxhall has played an important part in the city's history as the first example of council flats outside of London. It was originally constructed as part of a labourers’ village and was officially opened by the Countess of Derby in 1912.
But the grade II listed building which was once home to a tight knit community of families, and in later years students, has been left derelict for decades. It was long ago supposed to have been restored and converted into a state-of-the-art residential complex, surrounded by five blocks of new one and two bedroom apartments and some New York style-three bedroom duplex penthouses.
