St George's Hall,Liverpool,England.. Part 1
- by Adi Little
- 2017-06-18
- 12 media
- 12 available
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St George's Hall is on Lime Street in the centre of the English city of Liverpool.
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The site of the hall was formerly occupied by the 1ST Liverpool Infirmary from 1749-1824.
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Shares were made available at £25 each and by January 1837 £23,350 in 1838.
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In 1838 the foundation stone was laid to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria.
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A competition in 1839 to design the hall was won by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes.
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Construction started in 1841 and the building opened in 1854 .
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the small concert room opened 2 years later in 1856.
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The main concert room floor is made up of 30.000 minton tiles
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every 2 years the minton floor tiles are exposed to the public in the main concert room
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It is one of the finest Minton tiled floors in the UK.
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During the 2000s a major restoration of the hall took place costing £23m.
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This is how the main concert hall looks with its protective wood floor over the tiles.