Royal Insurance Building, Queen Avenue | |
Map Width: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 53.4068°N -2.9902°W |
Location: | 16–18 Queen Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
Built: | 1837-9 |
Built For: | Royal Insurance Company |
Architect: | Samuel Rowland |
Designation1: | Grade II* |
Designation1 Date: | 14 March 1975 |
Designation1 Number: | 1365827 |
The Royal Insurance Building is a historic building located at Queen Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was built as the head office of the Royal Insurance Company and was used until they moved to a building on New John Street in 1903.
The building was designed by Samuel Rowland in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1839. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Queen Avenue; the central section of three bays formed a tetrastyle portico with fluted Doric order columns supporting an entablature. There were Ionic order columns spanning the first and second floors which supported a frieze and a pediment.