A South Liverpool home which dates back to the 1600s looks set to be demolished and replaced by new apartments.

Plans for two new residential blocks at Hillpit House, also known as Forty Pits, have been recommended for approval at a planning committee meeting next week.

The proposals call for the complete demolition of Forty Pits, located on the corner of Allerton Road and Glendyke Road.

The house, which was built in 1650 and includes tennis courts on the land, was extensively remodeled in 1933.

A Facebook group, called Save Forty Pits, Liverpool, was created last year to campaign for its preservation.

The proposals from applicant Mark Young have been reduced in scope from an initial 12 apartments reaching three storeys, to 10 flats reaching two storeys with “some accommodation in the loft”.

According to a document to be presented to Liverpool City Council’s planning committee next Tuesday (18 July), objectors to the original and amended plans, which included Counciller Richard Kemp, argued the house was “a significant local building of historical importance and should be retained, not demolished”.

However, according to the same document, the “substantial nature” of the 1930’s rebuilding work “considerably comprised” the property’s “historic character and architectural integrity”.

The documents continues: “The Interim Head of Planning is satisfied that the scheme would be an appropriate form of development the height, scale and design of which would relate well to its surroundings and would be of sufficient quality to ensure that it accords with and contributes positively to, the character of the local area and would not cause any significant undue impact on local residential amenity.”

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