Standing in a sadly derelict state on Princes Road in Toxteth is the Welsh Presbyterian Church, which once laid claim to the title of Liverpool’s tallest building. Plans for the new church for Toxteth’s growing Welsh community were unveiled in January 1865, when a public meeting was attended by over 1,000 people at their Bedford […]
WELLINGTON’S WAIT
Situated at the top of William Brown Street, the memorial to the Duke of Wellington will be 150 years old in 2015. Yet it could have been erected earlier had there not been so many deliberations on design and location, as well as funding and building difficulties. Arthur Wellesley began the Napoleonic Wars as a […]
CUNARD’S PALACE
The last of the Three Graces was completed in 1916 when the Cunard Line’s new offices opened between the Liver and Port of Liverpool buildings. The palatial new building, which was a fitting home for the company, contained many subtle features in the detail of the architecture. Cunard’s first sailing from Liverpool to Halifax and […]
THE UNOFFICIAL 4TH GRACE
Around the turn of the Millennium the term ‘Three Graces’ was coined by local media to describe Liverpool’s three iconic waterfront buildings, as designs were invited for a fourth one. Various proposals didn’t materialise and the Museum of Liverpool stands there instead, but it could well be argued that the Fourth Grace has already been […]
GREEK ANONYMITY
A Grade I listed building that is described by English Heritage as ‘one of the purest monuments of Greek revival in England’ hardly gets a mention when the great buildings of Liverpool are talked about due to its more illustrious neighbour. Situated just to the north of Liverpool Cathedral is The Oratory, a chapel that […]
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