Old Hall Street is a road in

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. Situated in the city centre, it runs between Leeds Street and Chapel Street and is part of Liverpool business district.

History

The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Water Street, Castle Street,

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and

Dale Street Dale Street is a thoroughfare in Liverpool city centre, England. The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Castle Street, Old Hall Street, Chapel Street, ...

. The 'old hall' that Old Hall Street gets its name from was originally on Mill Street, a street that dated back to the 13th century. Towards the end of the 17th century, and now known as Old Hall Street, it became a fashionable area for the merchants of the city and residencies were built on Old Hall Street during this period, stretching up towards St Paul's Square. The original Cotton Exchange Building was situated on Old Hall Street, opening in 1906. The opening was performed by Prince and Princess of Wales and was attended by 3,000 guests. The front of the building was replaced with a modern façade between 1967 and 1969, which still stands today. St Paul's Eye Hospital was originally sited on Pall Mall but moved to Old Hall Street in 1912. The hospital remained on Old Hall Street until 1992, when it moved to the

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. The

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and Daily Post offices were situated on Old Hall Street from 1974 in the Post & Echo Building. The Liverpool Echo moved to its current home on St Paul's Square in 2018. Constructed at the same time as the Post & Echo Building, New Hall Place was built for

Royal Insurance Royal Insurance Holdings plc was a large insurance business originating in Liverpool but based in London from the early 20th century. It merged with Sun Alliance in 1996 to form the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group. History Formation and e ...

. The building is now used by the

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and

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. During the 1970s, two footbridges were built on the street as part of Liverpool's

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project. The bridges linked

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with One Old Hall Street and the ECHO and Royal Insurance buildings to a building on the other side of the street, Ralli House. The skyway project was deemed a failure and both bridges had been removed by the end of 2000. The closure of

Liverpool Exchange railway station Liverpool Exchange railway station was a railway station located in the city centre of Liverpool, England. Of the four terminal stations in Liverpool's city centre, Exchange station was the only station not accessed via a tunnel. The station w ...

and the subsequent creation of Moorfields station saw an entrance to the new station open on Old Hall Street in May 1977.

Listed buildings

Old Hall Street contains several Grade II listed buildings, including:

References

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