A report on St George's Hall, Liverpool
Building on St George's Place, opposite Lime Street railway station in the centre of Liverpool, England.
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Liverpool
8 linksCity and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England.
City and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England.
The area is dominated by neo-classical architecture, of which the most prominent, St George's Hall, is widely regarded as the best example of a neo-classical building anywhere in Europe.
Liverpool city centre
3 linksCommercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool, England.
Commercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool, England.
Examples of architecture in Liverpool city centre include Liverpool Cathedral, St. George's Hall, the Royal Liver Building, Oriel Chambers, the world's first metal framed glass curtain walled building, and West Tower.
William Brown Street
3 linksRoad that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings.
Road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings.
St George's Hall
St John's Gardens, Liverpool
2 linksSt John's Gardens is an open space in Liverpool, England, to the west of St George's Hall.
Liverpool Cathedral
4 linksCathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool.
Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool.
In 1885 an Act of Parliament authorised the building of a cathedral on the site of the existing St John's Church, adjacent to St George's Hall.
Liverpool Lime Street railway station
2 linksTerminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool.
Terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool.
Liverpool Lime Street is divided into two sections: the mainline station, which offers national inter-city and regional overground services including local City Line routes, and services on the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network, located underground between the mainline station and St George's Hall.
World Museum
2 linksLarge museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences.
Large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences.
Land for the new building, on a street then known as Shaw's Brow (now William Brown Street), opposite St George's Hall, was donated by local MP and Merchant William Brown, as was much of the funding for the building which would be known as the William Brown Library and Museum.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
2 linksFormer UNESCO designated World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England, that comprised six locations in the city centre including the Pier Head, Albert Dock and William Brown Street, and many of the city's most famous landmarks.
Former UNESCO designated World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England, that comprised six locations in the city centre including the Pier Head, Albert Dock and William Brown Street, and many of the city's most famous landmarks.
Amongst the buildings that are focal to this area are St George's Hall, Lime Street station, the Walker Art Gallery, the World Museum Liverpool, the former Great North Western Hotel and the entrance the Queensway Tunnel.
Liverpool Royal Infirmary
0 linksHospital in Pembroke Place in Liverpool, England.
Hospital in Pembroke Place in Liverpool, England.
The infirmary has its origins in a small building on Shaw's Brow which was opened by the 11th Earl of Derby on part of the site which is now occupied by St George's Hall on 25 March 1749.
William Grinsell Nicholl
0 linksBritish 19th-century architectural and monumental sculptor.
British 19th-century architectural and monumental sculptor.
Pediment and columns of St George's Hall, Liverpool (1850) - under Charles Robert Cockerell.