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© Mr Tony Myers
IoE Number:
214150
Location:
CUNARD BUILDING, PIER HEAD
LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE
Photographer:
Mr Tony Myers
Date Photographed:
09 November 1999
Date listed:
12 July 1966
Date of last amendment:
19 June 1985
Grade
II*
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SJ 3390 GEORGES PIER HEAD
L3
27/502 Cunard Building
12.7.66 (formerly listed under
Pier Head)
G.V. II*
Office building. 1913-16. Willink and Thicknesse.
Portland stone and 6 storeys. 9 bays, 17-bay returns.
Ground floor and end bays with rustication. Ground floor
battered with round-headed windows the centre bay projecting
for the entrance, with carved animals as finials. 2nd floor
windows have stone balustraded balconies. 3rd floor windows
have cornices on brackets. Frieze above 4th floor. Top
floor enriched with shields and drapery between windows,
moulded frieze on modillions. Plain top parapet. Other
facades similarly treated. 2 simple bronze lamp holders at
entrances.