35 Rodney street is a Grade II* listed building that was built in 1783-1784 by William Roscoe MP who was a Banker, Lawyer, Author and slavery abolitionist.

It is believed by historians that Roscoe used a quarry directly to the left of the building hence why the buildings on the left built in 1827 are set back.

When the house was finished it was used to host the first art exhibition in Liverpool to showcase fine art, the likes of Rembrandt were displayed here. After this the gallery of arts was founded in Liverpool.

The house then become the home of the Mayor of Liverpool(1799) / Merchant, Pudsey Dawson who was also the founding director of the North West Railway.

It was then the home of Edgerton Smith who founded the Liverpool Mercury newspaper in 1811 and also founded the ‘Strangers Friend Society’, a local charity which helped the poor at their homes in 1817. He also created ‘The Kaleidoscope’ which was a forerunner of Charles Dickens’s “all year round”.

In 1924 it was occupied by Alfred Douglas Bigland who was a consultant in Maghull Hospital and later, a specialist in Asthma at the Liverpool Royal Hospital until his passing in 1938. Bigland married Phoebe Powell who was the very first female Medical Graduate at the University of Liverpool.

The property was used for commercial purposes for many years from the mid 1900s, in recent years it was the Liverpool German consulate, Doctors, Dentist’s and Orthodontist surgeries. In 2020 the Freehold was privately purchased and the property underwent a complex total refurbishment utilising materials similar to those used originally.

Today 35 Rodney Street is once again a much loved family home that the owner is proud to occupy.