2011
SJ3490 : Liverpool Museum and Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool
taken 13 years ago, 3 km from Seacombe, Wirral, England
Liverpool Museum and Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool
Built in 1857-60 to the designs of John Weightman, Liverpool Corporation Surveyor, after the competition-winning design by Thomas Allom was abandoned for being too expensive. It has a noble Corinthian portico flanked by long wings in a "severely Graeco-Roman style". Grade II* listed.
Adjacent is the former museum extension and central technical school by E.W. Mountford, 1896-1901. It is now part of the museum. Grade II* listed.
They are two of a sequence of fine civic buildings on this street.
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