The Royal Liver Building and Statue of King Edward VII on horseback, Pier Head, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
ROYAL LIVER BUILDING The Royal Liver Building is a Grade 1 listed building situated at the Pier Head, Liverpool and forms one of the ‘Three Graces’ along with the Cunard Building and The Port of Liverpool building, which line the City‘s waterfront. Designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas, the foundation stone was laid on 11th May 1908 and the building was officially opened on 19th July 1911. It was the first major structure in Britain to be built of reinforced concrete. It stands 90m high (295ft) and has 13 floors. It is the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance Group, which was set up in 1850 to provide local people with assistance, related to the loss of a wage-earning relative. The building is topped by two clock towers made by Gents of Leicester. Each clock face is in diameter (25ft), larger than ‘Big Ben‘, and are the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK. On top of each clock are sited the famous Liver Birds designed by Carl Bernard Bartels and made by George Cowper and the Bromsgrove Guild. They are made of copper and are high. In the foreground is a bronze statue on a granite plinth of Edward VII on horseback restored in 2008 by the Liverpool Conservation Centre. Sulptured in 1916 by Sir William Goscombe John.
Size: 2750px × 4125px
Location: The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool Waterfront, Pier Head, Liverpool L3, Merseyside
Photo credit: © Christine Rigby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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