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In 1907, the Royal Liver Group had over 6,000 employees. Given the need for larger premises, the company approved the construction of a new head office. The building was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas; the foundation stone was laid on 11 May 1908 and just 3 years later, on 19 July 1911, the building was officially opened by Lord Sheffield. [5]
Royal Liver Building, iron railings and stone piers surrounding Royal Liver Building. More images. Speke Hall: Liverpool: House: 1540–60: 28 June 1952
Royal Liver were then approached again by Royal London in February 2010. [4] Talks continued for some time, and the board of Royal Liver agreed the terms of a potential merger in April 2011. [5] The delegates of Royal Liver voted in favour of the merger at the AGM on 12 May 2011. [6] The transfer to Royal London was completed on 1 July 2011.
This is an office building on the site of the former Tower of Liverpool, with crenellated turrets providing a link to this. It is one of the earliest steel-framed buildings in the country, and is clad in white glazed terracotta. [4] [12] [13] II* Royal Liver Building: Pier Head, Liverpool
The history of tall buildings and structures in Liverpool began in 1911, with the completion of the Royal Liver Building. Standing at 98 metres (322 ft) tall, [3] it was widely reported to be Britain's first skyscraper. [4]
Building 3 52.9 m (174 ft) [1] Building 2 43.2 m (142 ft) ... Cunard Building and Royal Liver Building began in 2008 during Liverpool's year as European Capital of ...
In the early years of the twentieth century, while living and working in Harringay, London, Bartels entered and won a national competition to design the Liver Birds [1] which stand on the top of Walter Aubrey Thomas's Royal Liver Building on the Pier Head in central Liverpool. [2]
Not even close. The Royal Liver Building is neo-classical, whereas the Allegheny Courthouse Richardson Romanesque. The towers are different, the facing stone is different and the Royal Liver Building is taller, and has two towers as opposed to the courthouse which has one. The courthouse has an irregular footprint, the Royal Liver is more ...