Gardens · North Wales
Wellington Rooms, Liverpool
Wellington Rooms, Liverpool — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
DS Pugh — 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)
About
Wellington Rooms, Liverpool 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 Wellington Rooms, also known as the former Irish Centre, is a Regency building in Liverpool, England. Designed as assembly rooms, the building is situated on Mount Pleasant, close to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The building has been closed since 1997, with emergency repair work taking place in 2018 to preserve it for future use.
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Background
History
The Neoclassical building was designed by the architect Edmund Aikin and built between 1815 16 as a subscription assembly room for the Wellington Club. It was originally used by high society for assemblies, dance balls and parties. The Wellington Club was wound up in 1922. Between 1923 and 1940 it was the Embassy Club and was used for tea dances, classes and weddings. During World War 2, the building became the first base for the Rodney Youth Centre, though bomb damage in 1941 affected all of the original ceilings with the exception of the ballroom. The building officially opened as the Liverpool Irish Centre on 1 February 1965 hosting céilithe, music, drama performances as well as serving…
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- Coordinates
- 53.4038, -2.9706
- Address
- Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, England
- Established
- 1816
- Official site
- liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7981473 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wellington Rooms, Liverpool (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wellington Rooms, Liverpool?
- Wellington Rooms, Liverpool is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4038°, -2.9706°.
- When was Wellington Rooms, Liverpool built?
- Wellington Rooms, Liverpool dates to 1816.