Basic Site Details Name: | Liverpool Cotton Exchange | City or county: | Liverpool | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Liverpool Cotton Exchange.—Out of twenty-four sets of competitive plans for the new Liverpool Cotton Exchange, the design has been accepted of Messrs. Huon Matear and Frank Simon, architects, The Temple, Dale-street, Liverpool. Mr. Simon, who is a son of Principal Simon, till recently the head of the Congregational Theological Training Hall in Edinburgh, retired in November last from partnership with Mr A Hunter Crawford, president of the Edinburgh Architectural Association. The Exchange will be erected in Oldhall-street, and the total estimated cost of the building is about £150,000. [Building News 1 July 1904 page 10]
Cost: £220,000. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Exchange | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Old Hill Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1904 | | Competition results announced | | | 1905 | 1906 | Build/construction | | | 1967 | | | Main elevation demolished |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1905 | | part 2 | | p1 | | Pevsner, N (ed) | | South Lancashire (The Buildings of England) | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 1 July 1904 | | | p10 - competitions
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Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Manuel: L v25 no2022; John Stuart Syme: L v13 no858 |
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