Comprising a combined area of fourteen and a one quarter perches two titles were separately issues to Joseph Barrow Montefiore in July 1835.

Montefiore's interest in the property was short lived, the title being subsequently sold to Samuel Lyons in January 1836.

The property remained in church ownership through a succession of trustees until November 1938 when it was purchased by Burns Philp Trust Ltd.[1] In c. 1878 an addition of two stories was built.

This action complicated matters for the new owner when a lease was made to James Richardson Pty Ltd for the whole of the ground and mezzanine floors from June 1986 for the use as a duty free retail outlet and office and store.

The Heritage Council received a Section 60 application from Clute Holdings Pty Ltd in May 1986 for the removal of the Annand Screen.

James Richardson Pty Ltd who continued as the lessee at the time objected to the making of the PCO under Section 41 of the Heritage Act of 1977 in that it would render the premises incapable of "reasonable or economic use".

The extent of the unauthorised building work was described as:[1] The Commissioner of Inquiry, William Simpson, found in October 1988 in favour of upholding the making of the PCO.

[1] The strong horizontal emphasis of the adjoining buildings is complemented by the use of 1 metre (4 ft) deep louvered sun hoods and the use of a generous proportion of "Georgian character" in the panel subdivisions of the curtain wall.

[1] Four separate air conditioning plants were installed to accommodate the wide variation in the usage of different sections of the building.

Special inacadescent bracket fittings were provided for the main entrance and lobby and an incandescent chandelier was installed in the Board Room.

[1] Generally most of the office floor ceilings were fitted with Malley's Ltd. perforated metal acoustic panels to provide for flexibility in lighting and air conditioning arrangements.

The walls were generally rendered and painted except throughout the ground and mezzanine floors where panelling of Thailand teak was installed.

The Directors Suite and Board Room were panelled in English Beech with insert moulded beads of Tasmanina Oak.

The mural screen was designed by sculptor Douglas Annand and manufactured and executed by Z. Vesley's Metal Products of Marrickville.

Measuring 10 by 3 metres (32 by 11 ft) it forms the side wall to the former Passage Department located on the mezzanine floor.

Supported by a structural metal framework hung from the floor above, it incorporates 160 different shapes in the materials of brass, copper, aluminium and stainless steel.

Liner House is an outstanding and relatively intact example of an International style, curtain walled office building, distinguished particularly by the quality and consistency of its design, the fineness of its finishes and its sensitivity to its contemporary neighbours and streetscape.

[1][4]: 62 Liner House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1][4]: 62 The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

Liner House incorporates curtain wall construction, a relatively short lived design feature popular in the late 1950s.

Liner House incorporates a number of interior design and material details which are typical of a late 1950s curtain wall building.

Liner House retains the Douglas Annand screen, considered by the Society of Sculptors as 'a considerable artistic advance in commercial building and public sculpture.

[1][4]: 60 The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[1][4]: 61 The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

Liner House is the only extant work of Bunning and Madden in the Sydney CBD in the International style.

[1][4]: 62 This Wikipedia article was originally based on Liner House, entry number 589 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 13 October 2018.