[3] Following the Toxteth riots of 1981, when their building in Upper Parliament Street was destroyed, the Liverpool Racquet Club were looking for new premises.

[4] Between the heads of the double-light windows are roundels containing carvings of people involved with the exploration of the Americas.

[1] These include Christopher Columbus, Isabella I, Bermejo (a Spanish "adventurer"), Vespucci, Cortez, Queen Anacaona of Cuba, and Francisco Pizarro.

[2] In the second floor are smaller two-light windows under round arches, separated by Ionic colonettes.

The top floor contains even smaller two-light windows under round arches between panelled pilasters.