July 2024
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral, the longest cathedral in the world, was constructed between 1904 and 1978, based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott. The pictures will never do it justice.
Because of the interior buttresses, the cathedral space is very open and too huge to grasp
St James Cemetery
The Oratory for St. James Cemetery.
The Cathedral towers over St. James Cemetery, which opened in 1829 and contains 57,839 recorded burials. It closed in 1936.
St James Cemetery
The Oratory, designed by John Foster, was built in 1829 and used for funeral services before burials in the adjacent cemetery.
Downtown Liverpool
St Georges Hall opened in 1854; it is a Neoclassical building with concert halls and law courts.
The tile floor at the entry of St Georges Hall
Interesting construction work in the basement of St George’s Hall
Liverpool Town Hall
The Town Hall is not an administrative building but a civic suite. The architect was John Wood the Elder, described as “one of the outstanding architects of the day”. It was completed and opened in 1754. The ground floor acted as the exchange, and a council room and other offices were on the upper floor.
Above the upper story windows on all faces are panels containing carvings, some of which relate to Liverpool’s foreign trade.
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A lovely detail of the neoclassical Liverpool Exchange Court Building
The Exchange Court was built in 1856 as the headquarters for Liverpool and London Globe Insurance. The designer was chosen through a competition, and the winner, the architect, was 25-year-old Harvey Lonsdale Elmes of London.
Adelphi Bank
The Adelphi Bank Building was designed by architect William Douglas Caröe. The building was completed in 1892, and its architecture is described as a mixture of French European Renaissance and Nordic and Eastern European themes.
The building’s bronze doors were designed by Thomas Stirling Lee and depict scenes of male friendship from history and mythology, as Adelphi roughly translates to Brotherly Love.
Exterior ornamentation of Adelphi Bank
Outside the Cotton Exchange
The Liverpool Cotton Exchange Building originally had a Neoclassical façade. Between 1967 and 1969, its exterior was given a contemporary mid-20th-century design. This above sculpture graced the original facade and now sits in front of the modern building.
All that remains are the cast iron panels on the side of the Cotton Exchange.
Charleston House was the home of Confederate paymaster Charles Prioleau’s
Charles Kuhn Prioleau (1827–1887) was an American cotton merchant who became the senior partner of Fraser, Trenholm & Company in Liverpool, a firm that functioned as the European banker of the Confederacy and was its major supplier for arms and military ware during the American Civil War.
At 16 Cook Street is one of the world’s first curtain-walled buildings designed by Architect Peter Ellis in 1864-66.
Air Shafts and offices for the Mersey River Tunnel
There are three Mersey Tunnels connecting the city of Liverpool with Wirral. The Mersey Railway Tunnel opened in 1886, the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934, and the Kingsway Tunnel opened in 1971.
The elegant, low-relief Art Deco building houses the Joint Tunnel Company’s intake and extract tower, tunnel control room, and offices.
Riding a bus through the Mersey Tunnel
The Royal Liver Building
The Royal Liver Building is located at the Pier Head and, along with the neighboring Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building, is one of Liverpool’s Three Graces, which line the city’s waterfront. It is also part of Liverpool’s formerly UNESCO-designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.
Opened in 1911, the building was the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group and was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas.
Cunard Building
The Cunard Building, designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse and constructed between 1914 and 1917, combines Italian Renaissance and Greek Revival. Its development has been particularly influenced by Italian palace design.
Odds and Ends of Liverpool
A lovely little side alleyway in downtown Liverpool
Outside the Liverpool Museum are the Superlambananas, designed by New York City-based Japanese artist Taro Chiezo.
This is such a small smattering of the architecture of Liverpool. It is a very dynamic and fun city!