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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 building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society. Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company. Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed.
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]
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]
Liver Birds: Towers of the Royal Liver Building: 1911: Carl Bernard Bartels: Two statues: Bronze: More images: Liverpool, Research and The Fruits of Industry: Alfred Lewis Jones Memorial, Pier Head: 1913: George Frampton: 3 statues on base of monument: Bronze: Grade II: Q26320985 [5] [58] More images: Victory: Cunard War Memorial, Pier Head ...