Royal Liver Building

E88936
Edwardian building Grade I listed building landmark office building

The Royal Liver Building is an iconic early 20th-century waterfront office building in Liverpool, England, famed for its twin clock towers topped by mythical Liver Bird sculptures and its role as a symbol of the city.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edwardian building ⓘ
Grade I listed building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
office building ⓘ
architect Walter Aubrey Thomas ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque Revival ⓘ
Baroque Revival ⓘ
surface form: Edwardian Baroque

early skyscraper ⓘ
builtFor Royal Liver Assurance ⓘ
category Grade I listed building in Merseyside ⓘ
Landmark in Liverpool ⓘ
Office building completed in 1911 ⓘ
Skyscraper office building in Liverpool ⓘ
clockDiameter about 7.6 metres ⓘ
completionDate 1911 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1908 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
floorCount 13 ⓘ
hasCoordinates 53.405°N 2.996°W ⓘ
hasPart Liver Bird sculptures ⓘ
clock tower ⓘ
twin clock towers ⓘ
hasSculpture Liver Bird ⓘ
hasViewOf Liverpool docks ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
height approximately 98 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 14 March 1952 ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1911 ⓘ
isIconOf Liverpool skyline ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
locatedOn Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site buffer zone ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool waterfront

Pier Head ⓘ
location Liverpool ⓘ
materialUsed reinforced concrete ⓘ
near Cunard Building ⓘ
Port of Liverpool Building ⓘ
notableFeature large clock faces ⓘ
mythical Liver Birds ⓘ
twin clock towers ⓘ
openingDate 19 July 1911 ⓘ
owner Corestate Capital ⓘ
partOf The Three Graces ⓘ
surface form: Three Graces
roofFeature Liver Bird statue Bella ⓘ
Liver Bird statue Bert ⓘ
situatedOn River Mersey waterfront ⓘ
symbolOf Liverpool ⓘ
use office ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liverpool → hasLandmark → Royal Liver Building ⓘ
Pier Head → hasLandmark → Royal Liver Building ⓘ
Pier Head → hasStructure → Royal Liver Building ⓘ
Museum of Liverpool → nearby → Royal Liver Building ⓘ
Cunard Building → neighboringBuilding → Royal Liver Building ⓘ
Port of Liverpool Building → neighboringBuilding → Royal Liver Building ⓘ