The College of Technology and Museum Extension on Byrom Street in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, England, was built between 1896 and 1909,
the architect was
Edward William Mountford
Edward William Mountford (22 September 1855 – 7 February 1908) was an English architect, noted for his Edwardian Baroque architecture, Edwardian Baroque style, who designed a number of town halls – Sheffield, Battersea and Lancaster – as ...
. The building was constructed to provide a new College of Technology and an extension to the museum. The college occupied the lower levels
and the museum the upper levels. Bomb damage led to some reconstruction work in the 1960s.
The building was
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
in 1966.
The lower levels were taken over by
Liverpool Polytechnic
Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This ...
and its successor
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This ...
. Initially, they held the engineering department but were subsequently split between the Sports Science and Computing Services departments, being home to the University's
DEC and
VAX
VAX (an acronym for virtual address extension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century. The V ...
computers.
More recently, during the transformation of
Liverpool Museum
World Museum is a large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. Special attractions include the Natural History Centre and a planetarium. Entry to the ...
into
World Museum Liverpool
World Museum is a large museum in Liverpool, England which has extensive collections covering archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences. Special attractions include the Natural History Centre and a planetarium. Entry to the ...
, the museum acquired the remainder of the building which now houses its research department.
See also
*
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 medieval ...
*
Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – City Centre
References
External links
Liverpool PictorialLiverpool World Heritage
Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool
Grade II* listed museum buildings
Museums in Liverpool
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