Great North Western Hotel
History
Opened as a railway hotel in 1871 by the London and North Western Railway the hotel served Lime Street railway station. The design was by Alfred Waterhouse, containing 330 rooms. The hotel closed in 1933, subsequently becoming Lime Street Chambers for a while before closing once again. In 1994 the building was bought by John Moores University and, at a cost of £6 million, was converted into a hall of residence for students, opening in 1996. It was announced on 28 September 2018 that the building would be restored as a hotel by the Marcus Worthington Group at a cost of £30m. The Radisson RED Liverpool Hotel opened on 13 December 2022.
Architecture
The building is constructed in stone with a slate roof in the Renaissance Revival style resembling a French château. The baroque details are in the Second Empire style, common for this time period. It has five storeys, a basement and an attic, and is in 21 bays. The end bays and the bays flanking the three-bay centre are carried up into towers. The central entrance is round-arched, and is flanked by Doric columns.
See also
References
- ^ Historic England, "Lime Street Chambers (Former North Western Hotel) (1084209)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 September 2012
- ^ "The London and North-Western Railway Company's New Hotel at the Lime Street Station, Liverpool". Illustrated London News. England. 18 March 1871. Retrieved 2 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Pye, Ken (2011), Discover Liverpool, Liverpool: Trinity Mirror Media, p. 26, ISBN 978-1-906802-90-5
- ^ "Radisson RED Liverpool Hotel Opening in 2020".
- ^ "New images show interior of £20m Radisson RED". Liverpool Business News. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Grand new hotel to open in Liverpool's city centre this summer". 14 April 2022.
- ^ https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/corporate/media/press-releases/radisson-red-liverpool
External links
Media related to Great North Western Hotel at Wikimedia Commons