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The Grand Central Hall is on 35 Renshaw Street,
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, England. It is now the site of the Liverpool Grand Central Hotel, Hall and Grand Bazaar Food Hall. The building is recorded in the
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as a designated Grade II
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.


History

Grand Central Hall was opened in 1905 as the Central Hall of the Liverpool
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, replacing
Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel Renshaw Street Unitarian Chapel was a Unitarianism, Unitarian place of worship in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, England. It operated from 1811 until the 1890s and was particularly well frequented by ship-owning and mercantile families, who formed a ...
. Built to an
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design by Bradshaw and Gass of
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, the new building had a capacity of 3,576 people, and was also used from its opening until at least 1944 as the New Century Picture Hall cinema. From 1933 to 1939 the hall was the home of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra while the Philharmonic Hall was rebuilt following a fire. In 1990 the Methodists sold Central Hall. Major restoration work was undertaken in 1997/98 and from November 1998 to around 2000 or 2001 the building became the Barcelona Bar and nightclub. After the closure of the
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Centre on School Lane in 2006, a dozen of the 30 plus traders relocated to the Grand Central Hall whilst others moved on to and around Bold Street or dissolved themselves. In early 2007, Roscoe Hall on the first floor opened with many new and diverse shops. In October 2011 a performance area opened in the domed area. Known as 'The Dome', the venue has a capacity of 1,200 and was used to host film, theatre and music events.


Current use

In 2018 Grand Central Hall was taken over by local business owners, who redeveloped the Hall, basements and upper floors. The New Liverpool Grand Central integrates luxury hotels with boutique bars, live music and event spaces, a wedding hall and an assemblage of restaurants making up the food-hall, The Grand Bazaar.


See also

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Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L1 Liverpool is a city and port in Merseyside, England, which contains many listed buildings. A listed building is a structure designated by English Heritage of being of architectural and/or of historical importance and, as such, is included in ...
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Architecture of Liverpool The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.Hughes (1999), p10 It encompasses a variety of architectural styles of the past 300 years, while next to nothing remains of its medieva ...


References

{{Liverpool B&S Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool Theatres in Liverpool Art Nouveau architecture in Liverpool Art Nouveau church buildings in the United Kingdom Churches completed in 1905 Bradshaw, Gass & Hope buildings 1905 establishments in England