Port of Liverpool Building (or 'Dock Offices'), Pier Head, Liverpool
Architect/Designer | Briggs & Wolstenholme |
| Hobbs, Frederick Brice (1862-1944) |
| Thornely, Sir Arnold (1870-1953) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Liverpool |
Subject Date | 1907 |
Image Date | 1900 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Edwardian |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | Periodicals |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Stone ; Riverside buildings ; Docks ; Office buildings ; Concrete ; Towers ; Steel |
SOURCE: Builder, vol. 79, 1900 July 14, after p. 36 NOTES: The design for the Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) was won in competition by Briggs & Wolstenholme with Arnold Thornely and F. B. Hobbs. Built in 1904-1907, the structure is of steel encased in concrete, with a facing of Portland stone.
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