Albert Dock Traffic Office

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Albert Dock Traffic Office
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Albert Dock Traffic Office
General information
Town or city Liverpool
Country England
Completed1847
Design and construction
Architect(s)Philip Hardwick
Jesse Hartley

The Albert Dock Traffic Office is a 19th-century Grade I listed building located in Liverpool, England. As part of a series of other buildings it makes up part of the Albert Dock. Formally the former home of Granada Television the building is now owned by National Museums Liverpool.

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In 2021 it was announced the building would be renamed to the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building. [1]

History

Completed in 1847 by architect Philip Hardwick the building was initially designed for use within the then newly built Albert Dock which had opened just a year prior. Failing profitability of the dock resulted in its closure post World War Two however a regeneration scheme during the 1980s saw the complex refurbished and occupied by Granada Television. After Granada relocated to neighbouring Manchester the building used briefly used by television show This Morning before buying sold on as part of a cost-cutting measure. [2]

In 2008 [3] the building was sold to the International Slavery Museum and now display some of the museum's exhibitions. [4]

Architecture

Set across three stories; the third of which added a year after it completion, the building is of red brick with 5 x 7 bay windows. The buildings façade features a Tuscan portico and frieze with four columns constructed of cast iron. [5]

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References

  1. Fulcher, Merlin (28 January 2021). "Major contest planned for Liverpool's museums quarter" . Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Collard, Ian (2016). Liverpool in 50 Buildings. Amberley Publishing. pp. 8–9. ISBN   9781445658964.
  3. "Museums of the People, by the People, for the People". Museum ID. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Sold to National Museums Liverpool! The Dock Traffic Office". National Museums Liverpool . Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Albert Dock Traffic Office". Historic England . Retrieved 19 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Coordinates: 53°24′05″N2°59′32″W / 53.4015°N 2.9921°W / 53.4015; -2.9921