Tower Building, Liverpool
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Tower Buildings is a former office block in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It stands with its longer front on the east side of the Strand, and extends round the corner into Water Street. The building is located directly opposite the Royal Liver Building, which was designed by the same architect. Earlier buildings on the site have been a sandstone mansion, and a later fortified house known as the Tower of Liverpool. After this was demolished in 1819, it was replaced in 1846 by the first structure to be named Tower Buildings. The present structure is one of the earliest steel-framed buildings in England, and details of its architecture reflect the earlier fortified building on the site. It is a building
Tower Buildings | |
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Location | Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
Coordinates | 53.4064°N 2.9943°W / 53.4064; -2.9943 |
OS grid reference | SJ 340 904 |
Built | 1906–10 |
Architect | Walter Aubrey Thomas |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Designated | 14 March 1975 |
Reference no. | 1360220 |