# St John's Market

Liverpool, United Kingdom · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-72607b3946` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/united-kingdom/liverpool-st-john-s-market/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-72607b3946.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-72607b3946.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-72607b3946

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | the western half of the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre occupies the hall's site | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1964 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1969 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 62 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Liverpool Corporation | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “St. John's Market was demolished in 1964, making way for the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre, the western half of which occupies the hall's site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market
- **original_developer**: “The Corporation of Liverpool determined to remedy the observed problems by removing the market to a new location, protected from the weather and providing no obstruction to public thoroughfares.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market
- **after_notes**: “the western half of the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre occupies the hall's site” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market
- **status**: “St. John's Market was demolished in 1964, making way for the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre, the western half of which occupies the hall's site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market
- **strategy**: “St. John's Market was demolished in 1964, making way for the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre, the western half of which occupies the hall's site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market

## Parties

- Liverpool Corporation — owner (from text) (1822–1964)

## Timeline

- 1964: Market demolished
- 1969: St Johns Shopping Centre opened

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

St. John's Market was a municipal retail market hall in Liverpool, England, housed in a purpose-designed building erected between 1820 and 1822 to a design by John Foster, Junior. It quickly came to be seen as a model for market halls erected elsewhere in the UK in the 19th century. The north and south facades of the building were altered in 1881 and 1891; it was demolished in 1964, making way for the 1969 St Johns Shopping Centre, the western half of which occupies the hall's site.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_Market

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "St John's Market, Liverpool, United Kingdom." Record m-72607b3946, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/united-kingdom/liverpool-st-john-s-market/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_liverpoolstjohnsmarket,
  title = {St John's Market, Liverpool, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/united-kingdom/liverpool-st-john-s-market/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-72607b3946, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.