4. George’s Ventilation Building 5. Memorial to Heroes of the Engine Room 6. Albert Dock Warehouses and Offices (Titanic Memorial) Opened 1846/7 1. Liver Building 2. 1931-1934 Circa 1916 Grade I 1908-11 1913-1916 3. Port of Building Grade II Grade II Opened 1846-47 Albert Dock Warehouses form Listed Grade I Grade II* Completed 1907 This stylized obelisk, reminiscent of ancient The memorial was originally intended to be for the largest group of Grade1 Listed Buildings in The head offices of the Royal Liver Friendly This substantial building was built as the Grade II* Egypt, was designed by Sir Basil Mott and J. A. the engineers who stayed at their posts on . used well-established Society were designed by Aubrey Thomas. It is offices of the Cunard Shipping Company to The domed head office of the Mersey Docks Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse, to serve the 15th April 1912 when the Titanic sank. Its techniques adapted from textile mill methods. notable as one of Britain’s first multi-storey the designs of Willink and Thicknesse. Its and Harbour Board was designed by Briggs, Mersey Road Tunnel. dedication was broadened to include all He introduced new solutions, such as the reinforced concrete framed buildings. proportions give it the form of an Italian Wolstenholme and Thorneley in 1901. It has of Night and Day, symbols of the maritime engine room fatalities incurred amazing stressed-skin iron roof. Raising of The clock towers are mounted with copper palazzo. The sculptural portraits of races from Features include cast iron gates and gate piers never-closing Mersey Tunnel and a black during the performance of duty. goods from the quaysides was performed with Liver Birds which to many are the very identity around the world, above the ground floor decorated with maritime symbols and lamp marble memorial to the workers who died in The figures are naturalistic, the detail of their the first hydraulic cargo-handling installation in of Liverpool. windows, symbolise the global operations of holders in the form of naval . its construction. work-clothes being carefully studied. the world. the company.

7. Albert Dock Traffic Office 12. India Building 13. Martins Building 1846-7 8. Warehouses 9. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Locks 10. The Dock Wall 1924-31 1927-32 Grade I Stanley Dock opened in 1848, and between Circa 1848 Its purpose was to control rather than prevent 11. Grade II Grade II* This is one of a number of building designs by 1852-55 it was equipped with import Grade II access from the town into the docks, and the Arguably Liverpool’s finest Georgian building, This immense office block was built for the Originally Martin’s Bank, designed by Rowse it Hartley in collaboration with Philip Hardwick. It warehouses. The complex includes: The North The canal had been in partial use since 1774 monumental gateways with their heavy it is the result of three principal building Blue Funnel Line and designed by Herbert J is monumental and American influenced. The is built of brick with red sandstone dressings. Stanley Warehouse 1852-5 Grade II*,The South and was completed through to Leeds in 1816. wooden gates sliding in iron guide rails phases. The original design was by John Wood Rowse with Briggs, Wostenholme and stylish top lit banking hall, with its Parisian jazz The most remarkable feature is the cast iron Stanley Warehouse 1852-5 Grade II, The This direct link to the docks was formed in effectively made the docks into a fortress-like of Bath, and was built in 1749-54. Additions Thorneley. It has stripped classical facades; moderne fittings, survives well, as does the Tuscan portico and frieze. The building was Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse The 1848. The four locks were designed by stronghold. The design of the various gate and alterations were designed by James Wyatt detail is restricted to the boardroom. Sculpture and carvings by Herbert restored with the rest of the Albert Dock by the Hydraulic Tower 1852-55 Grade II, two Hartley, and are the only all-granite canal locks piers demonstrates a fascinating progression and carried out by the elder John Foster in top and bottom storeys. The building was Tyson Smith with Edmund Thompson and Development Corporation in the entrances from Great Howard Street and two in the country. The brick viaduct carried the from Foster’s early classical style to Hartley’s 1789-92. Following a fire of 1795, it was badly damaged in the war, and restored under George Capstick celebrate maritime themes 1980s. It is now owned by National Museums from Regent Road. Liverpool and Bury Railway. whimsical turrets. reconstructed the work continuing until 1820. Rowse’s supervision. and commerce. Liverpool and will become home to the International Slavery Museum.

15. St George’s Hall 1840 – 55 18. The Bluecoat Grade I 16. Liverpool and Central Opened 1718 A design competition for a new musical venue Library Grade I for Liverpool was held and won by young 1857 - 60 17. The The was originally built as 20. The Royal Institution architect Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. The Hall is Grade II* Opened 1877 a charity school in 1717 in the Queen Anne 19. The Bridewell 1799 14. built in Grecian style externally with a Roman The completion of the magnificent new hall on Grade II* style and is the oldest building in the city 1861 Grade II 1864 interior. It contains the lavish Great Hall, with St George’s Plateau set the pattern for other It was designed by architects Sherlock and centre. The main entrance is round headed Grade II The complex of buildings originally built for Grade I its Minton tiled floor and great organ, and the civic projects on adjacent land. The Liverpool Vale and named after its principal benefactor, with a broken pediment above containing a Located in the Duke Street area, the Bridewell, Thomas Parr is one of the earliest remaining Designed by Peter Ellis, the use of oriel more intimate Small Concert Room, much Improvements Act was passed and a Alderman Andrew Barclay Walker, at that time cartouche of the arms of Liverpool. To the rear or Police Station, dates from c.1850. It is of residence/warehouse hybrids that were so windows was driven by a desire to provide visited by Charles Dickens. The Crown and competition was opened in 1855 for a new of Liverpool. a landscaped garden provides a quiet brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. characteristic of Duke Street following the good daylight. The oriels themselves are Civil courts at either end were introduced museum and public library. Local MP William A classical portico is the centerpiece of the environment, totally enclosed from the city. The building is of two storeys and three bays, construction of the in 1715. It framed in the thinnest sections of iron. In its following a further competition. The Hall and Brown donated £6000, and the street was exterior, which includes friezes of scenes from The building re-opened in 2008 following an with the centre bay projecting to form the base became the Royal Institution when it fell out of day, the building aroused much opposition. It its free visitor centre re-opened in April 2007 renamed in his honour. The building is now the city’s history, and is surmounted by a extensive restoration and is once again open of a short tower. The Bridewell is now a public residential use in 1817, and it was incorporated is only recently that its futuristic qualities have following extensive refurbishment. home to the internationally important personification of Liverpool. to the public as an arts centre. house and restaurant. by Royal Charter in 1822. become appreciated. collections of World Museum Liverpool. Belfast Ferry Everton FC Introduction A B C D NEW ISLINGTON E UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, Southport Liverpool FC ISLINGTON protection and preservation of the cultural and ST N T HALL O S natural heritage around the world that is O OSS T T CR G EAT IN S S L P GR L considered to be of outstanding universal value D S S A HUNTER ST I C D H to humanity. Sites that meet the strict criteria of O H L r R

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E A T S S E NT 14 M Toilets S E e Some of the most important buildings within Oriel Chambers R M S A O I L f J E T R t the site are highlighted on the plan and 15 A G A St George’s Hall S P U R o M E illustrated overleaf. HospitalP T 16 World Museum Liverpool and Central Library F C S UP n R H A A T K H H 17 The Walker Art Gallery W I P P I S A C

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