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Adelphi Bank

Coordinates: 53°24′22″N 2°59′27″W / 53.40601°N 2.99090°W / 53.40601; -2.99090
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Adelphi Bank Building
Map
General information
TypeBank
LocationLiverpool, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°24′22″N 2°59′27″W / 53.40601°N 2.99090°W / 53.40601; -2.99090
Construction started1890
Completed1892
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)W. D. Caröe

The Adelphi Bank Building is a 19th-century Grade II* listed former bank located in Liverpool, England. Completed in 1892 for the now defunct Adelphi Bank the building's architecture has been described as a mixture of French European Renaissance with Nordic and Eastern European themes.[1][2] At present the ground floor serves as a branch of coffee house Cafe Nero.[3]

Doors

The building's bronze doors were designed by Thomas Stirling Lee and feature scenes of male friendships for history and mythology.[4]



References

  1. ^ "World Heritage Scanned Nomination" (PDF). whc.unesco.org. UNESCO. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "38, Castle Street and 1, Brunswick Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Adelphi Bank, Castle Street, Liverpool". Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. ^ Paul, David (2018). Historic Streets of Liverpool. Amberley Publishing.