Gardens · North West England
Royal Insurance Building
In or near Liverpool.
Royal Insurance Building — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
Keith Edkins — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Moorfields · 0.1 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Royal Insurance Building is a garden of interest in wales-north, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Aloft Liverpool Hotel, formerly the Royal Insurance Building, is a historic building located at 1-9 North John Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was built as the head office of the Royal Insurance company.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was constructed between 1896 and 1903 as the head office of the Royal Insurance Company (since 1996 part of the RSA Insurance Group). The design was the result of a competition won by James F. Doyle in 1895. The assessor for the competition was Norman Shaw, who was retained as an advisory architect for the project, but it is uncertain what part he played in it. The building is constructed around a steel frame and is the earliest example of this type of construction in the United Kingdom. It ceased to be used by the late 1980s, and its condition deteriorated so much that it was placed on the Buildings at Risk Register of English Heritage. In 2013 its freehold was bought by…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.4074, -2.9893
- District
- Liverpool
- Parish
- Liverpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- L2 2BS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Nearest railway station
- Moorfields — 0.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7374338 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Royal Insurance Building?
- Royal Insurance Building is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode L2 2BS), in the parish of Liverpool, unparished area.
- What is Royal Insurance Building?
- Royal Insurance Building — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Royal Insurance Building?
- The nearest railway station is Moorfields, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode L2 2BS.
- How do I get to Royal Insurance Building?
- The nearest railway station is Moorfields, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode L2 2BS.