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The Pier Head (properly, George's Pier Head [1] [2]) is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It was part of the former Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004, but revoked in 2021. [3] [4] As well as a collection of landmark buildings, recreational open space, and a ...
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a 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, [1] and many of the city's most famous landmarks.
George's Dock Building is a Grade II listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head on the city's waterfront. It is part of Liverpool's former UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City. It was built in the 1930s in the Art Deco style, and designed by architect Herbert Rowse.
The building overlooks the River Mersey from its waterfront location on the Pier Head and forms one of the 'Three Graces' along with the Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building. This is reflected in the building's Grade I listed building status. [citation needed] It has 13 floors. The Liver birds are 5.5 metres,18 feet tall.
In 1899-1900 the dock was filled in to create what is now the Pier Head, [1] [4] to provide one central place for Liverpool Docks' offices, which before were scattered across different sites. A section of the original George's Dock wall is still visible in the basement of the Cunard Building which stands on the site. [ 5 ]
The Memorial of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones in Liverpool is a commemorative memorial at bust length of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (1845–1909) and a statue of the personification of Liverpool standing in the riverside area of Pier Head in Liverpool, created in 1913 by George Frampton. It is Grade II listed.
Later, in the 20th century, it was the site for the James Street station of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Mann Island buses (1997) The site ceased to be an "island" in 1899 when the Georges Dock was filled in to provide building land for the Port of Liverpool Building, and it became physically joined to the Pier Head. However the name was ...
The Cunard Building is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England.It is located at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Royal Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront.