Norris Green gave its name to the vast, council estate built to ease the housing crisis of the 1920s on land given to the city by Lord Derby of Knowsley Hall.

He donated the land on the provision that no public houses were to be built within the estate.

The building itself was demolished in 1931 leaving just one wall of sandstone blocks as the only remaining example of the classical architecture.

Above the arch is a crest with the Latin inscription ALTE VOLO ("I fly high").

[5] The standing remains, described as a stable block, are of Grade II listed building status.