1854 In Architecture
The year 1854 in architecture involved some significant events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Pena National Palace in Sintra, Portugal, designed by Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege. * Church of St. Walburge, Preston, Lancashire, England, designed by Joseph Hansom (spire completed 1866). * St George's Hall, Liverpool, England, completed by Charles Robert Cockerell to the design of Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. * The Kościuszko Mound in Kraków, Poland, erected in commemoration of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and the United States. * The Wellington Monument, Somerset, Wellington Monument, overlooking Wellington, Somerset, England, erected to celebrate the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo, completed by Henry Goodridge to the design of Thomas Lee (1794–1834). * The Semper Gallery in Dresden, Germany, designed by Gottfried Semper. Awards * Royal Insti ...
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St George's Hall, Liverpool (2007)
St George's Hall is a building on St George's Place, opposite Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Lime Street railway station in Liverpool city centre, the centre of Liverpool, England. Opened in 1854, it is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical building which contains concert halls and law courts, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I Listed building#England and Wales, listed building. On the east side of the hall, between it and the railway station, is St George's Plateau and on the west side are St John's Gardens, Liverpool, St John's Gardens. The hall is included in the William Brown Street conservation area. In 1969 the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner expressed his opinion that it is one of the finest Greek Revival, neo-Grecian buildings in the world, although the building is known for its use of Roman architecture, Roman sources as well as Greek. In 2004, the hall and its surrounding area were recognised ...
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