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The chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum, Sir James Picton, laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK. It was completed in 1879 formally opened by the Mayor of Liverpool ...
The court started operating from May 2006, although was not official opened until November 2006. The building brought together all civil and family cases under one roof, which had previously been heard at various venues around the region. Upon opening, the court included 29 courtrooms and 31 rooms for consultation. [2]
Until the mid-1980s, all Crown Court cases were heard in St George's Hall. [4] However, as the number of court cases in Liverpool grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for both criminal and civil matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had been occupied by Liverpool Castle between the 13th and 18th century.
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Thomas Shelmerdine (1845–1921) was an English architect and surveyor who spent most of his career as the land steward and surveyor to the Corporation of Liverpool.In this role he was involved with many projects in the city, including slum clearance. public housing and road widening.
The library is located in several adjoining historic buildings on William Brown Street.Its first building was the William Brown Library and Museum building which was completed in 1860 to the designs of John Weightman Surveyor to Liverpool Corporation, (not to be confused with his near contemporary John Grey Weightman) [1] and which it has always shared with the city's museum, now known as ...
The Magistrates' Courts is a building on Dale Street, Liverpool used for magistrates' court hearings until 2015. It is a Grade II listed building designed by John Grey Weightman built between 1857 and 1859. [1]
County Sessions House, Liverpool; L. Liverpool Civil and Family Court; Liverpool Magistrates' Court; Q. Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool