Tower Building is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. A Early Modern Office building. 8 related planning applications.

Tower Building

WRENN ID
waiting-joist-wind
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Office building
Period
Early Modern
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 3490 SW WATER STREET (north side) L2

7/1337 No. 22 (Tower Building) 14.3.75. G.V. II*

Includes 1-11 (odd) Tower Gardens. Office Building with shopping arcade. 1906. Aubrey Thomas. 5 storeys and atics; 3 bays and curved corner bays, 9 bays to the Strand of 8 storeys. Steel frame with grey granite and white faience cladding, granite ground floor. Bays divided by polygonal turrets. All windows have mullions and are of 5:4:5 lights, those to ground floor with a 1st floor oriel bay and balcony over a double portal of round arches. Cornice and balustrade, balustrades to attics with scrolls. Strand facade similar, centre and end bays with full-height canted oriels over round-headed arches, that to left leading to Tower Gardens, that to centre leading to arcade, segmental headed 3-light windows. Recessed top storey with parapet. End tower of 2 storeys, coner turrets and parapet, centre tower octagonal of 3 storeys, corner turrers. One of the 1st steel framed buildings in the country.

Listing NGR: SJ3399590439

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