A Victorian time capsule, Queens Avenue, off Castle Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 4TX
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2P6JHDMFile size:
57.1 MB (2.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 January 2023Location:
Queens Avenue, off Castle Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 4TXMore information:
The Royal Insurance Building is a historic building located at Queen Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was built as the head office of the Royal Insurance Company and was used until they moved to a building on New John Street in 1903. Architecture The building was designed by Samuel Rowland in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1839. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Queen Avenue; the central section of three bays formed a tetrastyle portico with fluted Doric order columns supporting an entablature. There were Ionic order columns spanning the first and second floors which supported a frieze and a pediment