Wavertree Town Hall

A local board of health was established to make improvements in Wavertree in June 1851 and, in the late 1860s, the board decided to commission purpose-built offices for the administration of the town. The building was designed by the local architect, John Elliot Reeve, in the neoclassical style, built in stone with a stucco finish and was completed in 1872. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay, which projected forward, featured a porch with Ionic order columns supporting an entablature inscribed with the words "Town Hall" and the date of construction. People whose births were registered in the town hall included the…