48-50 Castle Street, Liverpool
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48-50 Castle Street, Liverpool
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 27 Jul 2011
During the second half of the C19th, Castle Street was colonised by banks and insurance companies, each trying to outdo the others "in the splendour of their offices". Built for the Mercantile and Exchange Bank, 1864, by J.A. Picton, its tall red granite columns make it look as if it's on stilts. Roundels are in the tympanums of the arches above the first-floor windows. It may originally have been part of a larger building. Grade II listed. The bookmaker, William Hill, occupied the ground floor. It's a pity that the signage is so unsympathetic.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.405672
Longitude
-2.990625