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Architectural style(s)
  
Victorian Neoclassical

Major cities
  
Liverpool

Year built
  
1860

William Brown Street

Type
  
Street and public square

Location
  
Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter"

Map of William Brown St, Liverpool L1, UK

Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for the building of a library and museum. This area gives its name as the William Brown Street conservation area.

The conservation area contains:

  • Lime Street Station
  • St George's Hall
  • William Brown Library and Museum — housing part of World Museum Liverpool and part of Liverpool Central Library
  • Great North Western Hotel
  • Walker Art Gallery
  • Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library — part of Liverpool Central Library
  • County Sessions House
  • College of Technology and Museum Extension — part of World Museum Liverpool
  • The Wellington Memorial
  • The Steble Fountain
  • St John's Gardens
  • Liverpool Empire Theatre
  • Entrance to Queensway Tunnel
  • References

    William Brown Street Wikipedia