Williamson Art Gallery And Museum

The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum is an art gallery and museum located in Birkenhead, built in 1928 by architects Leonard Hannaford and Herbert Thearle. The structure is made of brick with stone dressings and features a part-glazed, low-pitched roof. It is a single-storey building designed around two internal courtyards, showcasing a Neo-Georgian style.

The entrance front faces Slatey Road, with a prominent entrance at the center. This entrance is flanked by paired Corinthian columns that support a stone architrave, above which is inscribed "Williamson Art Gallery and Museum." The flanking bays are characterized by large brick panels with a rusticated brick frieze beneath a stone cornice, and brick quoins at the corners. To the right of the entrance, there are paired Corinthian pilasters beside a recessed round-arched window.

The elevation facing Ball's Road is slightly advanced and features six Corinthian pilasters beneath a cornice adorned with paterae. Between these pilasters are round-arched blind niches, two of which contain abstract reliefs. The building has a stone plinth and cornice throughout and is almost entirely windowless, relying on top-lighting to illuminate the galleries arranged along a corridor layout.