Exchange Buildings (1864–67; demolished 1939)

Exchange Buildings (1864–67; demolished 1939)
Exchange Buildings (1864–67; demolished 1939)
General information
Type	Commercial offices, museum & restaurants & bars
Architectural style	French Renaissance style
Location	Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Completed	1867
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Thomas Henry Wyatt

Exchange Buildings (1864–67; demolished 1939) was a Victorian building designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt in French Renaissance style. It had been built (1864–67) on Exchange Flags in Liverpool, England. It was demolished and replaced by the current building (Exchange Flags) in 1939.[1]

The courtyard faced Liverpool Town Hall and contained the Nelson Monument.

The building was on the same site of another previous exchange (Exchange Buildings (1803–08; demolished 1864)) in Liverpool. It was the centre of the cotton trade, cotton traders were based in the surrounding streets, surviving offices used by cotton traders include the Albany Building in Old Hall Street, Berey's Buildings, Bixteth Street and Mason's Building in Exchange Street East, in 1896 cotton trading moved indoors to Brown's Buildings were the former Martin Bank Headquarters is now.[2]

The tympanum in the pediment above the south portico once contained sculptures carved and sculpted by William Nicholl and designed by Cockerell.[3]

Cockerell's design of the southern sculptured pediment of Exchange Building, Liverpool.

The News Room of the new Exchange Building as built in 1864, was far grander than the old one of the former Exchange Buildings, constructed in 1808. The illustration here and shows a civic ball held in the News Room to honour the visiting Prince Arthur, and Prince and Princess Christian. This print was published in "The Illustrated London News" in 1868 (18 Jan 1868, page 68).

References

Sharples, Joseph (2004). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Liverpool. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300-102581., p151.
Sharples & Stonard, Joseph & John (2008). Built on Commerce: Liverpool's Central Business District. English Heritage. ISBN 978-1905-624348, p19
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300-109108, p. 294.

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[1] Sharples, Joseph (2004). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Liverpool. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300-102581., p151.

[Sharples_&_Stonard_2008),_p19-2] Sharples & Stonard, Joseph & John (2008). Built on Commerce: Liverpool's Central Business District. English Heritage. ISBN 978-1905-624348, p19

[pp294-3] Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sharples, Joseph (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300-109108, p. 294.