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| Liverpool xe2x80x93 Maritime Mercantile CityUNESCO World Heritage SiteAlbert Dock at nightLocationLiverpool, North West England, England, United KingdomCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iii), (iv)Reference1150Inscription2004 (28th session)Endangered2012xe2x80x93...Area136xc2xa0ha (340 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone750.5xc2xa0ha (1,855 acres)Websitewww.liverpoolworldheritage.comCoordinates53xc2xb024xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3N 2xc2xb059xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf53.40667xc2xb0N 2.99444xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 53.40667; -2.99444Coordinates: 53xc2xb024xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3N 2xc2xb059xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf53.40667xc2xb0N 2.99444xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 53.40667; -2.99444Location of Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City in North West of EnglandShow map of North West of EnglandLiverpool Maritime Mercantile City (the United Kingdom)Show map of the United Kingdom | WIKI |
| The Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England. | WIKI |
| It comprises six locations in the city centre of Liverpool including the Pier Head, Albert Dock and William Brown Street,[1] and includes many of the city's most famous landmarks. | WIKI |
| In 2012, the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters project. | WIKI |
| In July 2017, UNESCO warned that the city's status as a World Heritage Site was at risk of being rescinded in light of planning and development proposals, with English Heritage asserting that the proposed Liverpool Waters development would leave the setting of some of Liverpool's most significant historic buildings xe2x80x9cseverely compromisedxe2x80x9d, the archaeological remains of parts of the historic docks xe2x80x9cat risk of destructionxe2x80x9d, and xe2x80x9cthe cityxe2x80x99s historic urban landscape ... permanently unbalancedxe2x80x9d. | WIKI |
| The Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City comprises six separate locations throughout the centre of the city, each of which relates to a different component and time in the Liverpool's maritime history. | WIKI |
| The Pier Head is the focal point of Liverpool's waterfront and is dominated by three of its most recognisable landmarks: The Liver Building, The Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building. | WIKI |
| Collectively referred to as the Three Graces, they stand as a testament to the great wealth in the city during the late 19th and early 20th century when Liverpool was one of the most important ports in the world. | WIKI |
| Today, in what would have been its place, a new Museum of Liverpool opened on 19 July 2011. | WIKI |
| [9][10] Behind the Port of Liverpool building is the art deco George's Dock Ventilation Tower, whose design is heavily influenced by Egyptian architectural styling. | WIKI |
| Liverpool Pier Head, with the Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building | WIKI |
| Royal Liver Building (Grade I) Port of Liverpool Building (Grade II*) Cunard Building (Grade II*) Cunard War Memorial (Grade II) George's Dock Ventilation Tower (Grade II) Monument of Edward VII (Grade II) Sir Alfred Jones Memorial (Grade II) Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic (Grade II) | WIKI |
| Today they form a focal point for tourism in the city, being home to Tate Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum and The Beatles Story. | WIKI |
| The Stanley Dock Conservation area is located to the north of the Pier Head and includes huge swathes of Liverpool's docking heartland. | WIKI |
| Within the site are several docks including Stanley Dock, Collingwood Dock, Salisbury Dock and Clarence Graving Dock; parts of the Leeds Liverpool Canal and associated canal locks; and many smaller features such as bridges, bollards and capstans. | WIKI |
| Boundary Wall from Collingwood Dock to Huskisson Dock (Grade II) The Dock Master's Office, Salisbury Dock (Grade II) Salisbury, Collingwood and Stanley, Nelson and Bramley-Moore Dock Retaining Walls (Grade II) Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse (Grade II) Entrances to Stanley Dock Complex (Grade II) Canal Locks between Stanley Dock and Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Grade II) Princes Dock Boundary Wall and Piers (Grade II) Salisbury, Collingwood and Stanley, Nelson and Bramley-Moore Dock Retaining Walls (Grade II) Hydraulic Tower West of North Stanley Warehouse (Grade II) Victoria Tower (Grade II) Warehouse South of Stanley Tobacco Warehouse (Grade II) Waterloo Warehouse (Grade II) | WIKI |
| The location was one of the first areas in the city to develop when Liverpool was an emerging port,[20] with Bluecoat Chambers being the oldest surviving building in Liverpool city centre, dating back to 1715. | WIKI |
| Today the area is known as Ropewalks, a reference to the large number of roperies present in the area when Liverpool was one of the busiest ports in the world during the 18th and 19th centuries. | WIKI |
| This part of the WHS is focused around what would have previously been medieval Liverpool and includes Castle Street dominated by Trials Hotel at one end and the Town Hall at the other linking Old Hall Street by Exchange Flags, Victoria Street, Water Street and Dale Street. | WIKI |
| Castle Street with Liverpool Town Hall visible at the end of the road Liverpool Town Hall (Grade I) Bank of England Building, Castle Street (Grade I) Oriel Chambers, Water Street (Grade I) Trials Hotel, Castle Street (Grade II*) White Star Building, James Street (Grade II*) Adelphi Bank, Castle Street (Grade II*) National Westminster Bank, Castle Street (Grade II*) Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Building, Dale Street (Grade II*) Royal Insurance Building, Dale Street (Grade II*) Municipal Buildings, Dale Street (Grade II*) Nelson Memorial, Exchange Flags (Grade II*) Fowler's Building, Victoria Street (Grade II*) Tower Buildings, Water Street (Grade II*) Barclays Bank (formerly Martins Bank), Water Street (Grade II*) Norwich Union Building, Castle Street (Grade II) Heywood's Bank, Brunswick Street (Grade II) Hargreaves Building, Chapel Street (Grade II) 48-50 Castle Street (Grade II) British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company Building, Castle Street (Grade II) Queen Insurance Building, Dale Street (Grade II) State Insurance Building, Dale Street (Grade II) Union Marine Buildings, Dale Street (Grade II) Rigby's Buildings, Dale Street (Grade II) The Temple, Dale Street (Grade II) Prudential Assurance Building, Dale Street (Grade II) Imperial Chambers, Dale Street (Grade II) Municipal Annexe, Dale Street (Grade II) Westminster Chambers, Dale Street (Grade II) City Magistrates Court, Dale Street (Grade II) 135-139 Dale Street (Grade II) Granite Buildings, Stanley Street (Grade II) Mersey Chambers, St Nicholas' Churchyard (Grade II) Monument to Queen Victoria, Derby Square (Grade II) Central Buildings, North John Street (Grade II) 18-22 North John Street (Grade II) Ashcroft Building, Victoria Street (Grade II) Union House, Victoria Street (Grade II) Jerome and Carlisle Buildings, Victoria Street (Grade II) India Buildings, Water Street (Grade II) General Accident Building, Water Street (Grade II) | WIKI |
| World Museum Liverpool | WIKI |
| The William Brown street area is the central point for many of Liverpool's civic buildings forming a so-called 'cultural quarter'. | WIKI |
| Amongst the buildings that are focal to this part of the WHS are St George's Hall, Lime Street station, the Walker Art Gallery, the World Museum Liverpool, the former Great North Western Hotel and the entrance the Queensway Tunnel. | WIKI |
| St George's Hall (Grade I) William Brown Museum and Library (Grade II*) Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library (Grade II*) County Sessions House (Grade II*) College of Technology and Museum Extension (Grade II*) The Wellington Memorial (Grade II*) The Steble Fountain (Grade II*) Lime Street Station (Grade II) North Western Hotel (Grade II) The Empire Theatre (Grade II) The Entrance to the Queensway Tunnel (Grade II) Liverpool Cenotaph (Grade I) St John's Gardens (Grade II) Four Recumbent Stone Lions (Grade II) Equestrian Statue of Prince Albert (Grade II) Equestrian Statue of Queen Victoria (Grade II) Statue of the Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli (Grade II) Statue of Major-General Earle (Grade II) Statue of Alexander Balfour (Grade II) Statue of William Rathbone (Grade II) Statue of Sir Arthur Bower Forwood (Grade II) Statue of William Gladstone (Grade II) Statue of Monsignor James Nugent (Grade II) Statue of Canon T. Major Lester (Grade II) Statue honouring the King's Liverpool Regiment (Grade II) | WIKI |
| Having received the nomination for the area in January 2003, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) travelled to Liverpool in September of that year to carry out an evaluation on behalf of UNESCO. | WIKI |
| The urban fabric of the six sites ranged from the 18th to 20th century and the committee were happy that the city's street pattern provided a readable representation of different periods in Liverpool's history. | WIKI |
| Comparative evaluation - As part of their evaluation ICOMOS compared Liverpool's maritime history with that of other major ports throughout both the UK and wider world. | WIKI |
| They felt that Liverpool had values and qualities that set it apart from many other port cities both in terms of its maritime function and architectural and cultural significance. | WIKI |
| Outstanding universal value - In analysing Liverpool's Maritime Mercantile City in terms of its universal value, ICOMOS concurred with the local council that Liverpool was the 'supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain's greatest global influence'. | WIKI |
| Criterion (ii): "Liverpool was a major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th and 19th centuries. | WIKI |
| Criterion (iii): "The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to the building up of the British Empire. | WIKI |
| Criterion (iv): "Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development of global trading and cultural connections throughout the British Empire." | WIKI |
| Located at the tidal mouth of the river Mersey where it meets the Irish Sea, the maritime mercantile City of Liverpool played an important role in the growth of the British Empire. | UNESCO |
| Liverpool was a pioneer in the development of modern dock technology, transport systems and port management, and building construction. | UNESCO |
| Six areas in the historic centre and docklands of Liverpool bear witness to the development of one of the worldxe2x80x99s major trading centres in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. | UNESCO |
| A series of significant commercial, civic and public buildings lie within these areas, including the Pier Head, with its three principal waterfront buildings - the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building, and Port of Liverpool Building; the Dock area with its warehouses, dock walls, remnant canal system, docks and other facilities related to port activities; the mercantile area, with its shipping offices, produce exchanges, marine insurance offices, banks, inland warehouses and merchants houses, together with the William Brown Street Cultural Quarter, including St. George's Plateau, with its monumental cultural and civic buildings. | UNESCO |
| Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City reflects the role of Liverpool as the supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain's greatest global influence. | UNESCO |
| Liverpool grew into a major commercial port in the 18th century, when it was also crucial for the organisation of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. | UNESCO |
| In the 19th century, Liverpool became a world mercantile centre for general cargo and mass European emigration to the New World. | UNESCO |
| Liverpool was instrumental in the development of industrial canals in the British Isles in the 18th century, and of railway transport in the 19th century. | UNESCO |
| All through this period, and particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Liverpool gave attention to the quality and innovation of its architecture and cultural activities. | UNESCO |
| Even in the 20th century, Liverpool has made a lasting contribution, remembered in the success of The Beatles, who were strongly influenced by Liverpoolxe2x80x99s role as an international port city, which exposed them to seafarers, culture and music from around the world, especially America. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Liverpool was a major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii):xc2xa0The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing to the building up of the British Empire. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv):xc2xa0Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development of global trading and cultural connections throughout the British Empire. | UNESCO |
| The historic evolution of the Liverpool street pattern is still readable representing the different periods, with some alteration following the destruction of World War II. | UNESCO |
| The property is subject to different plans and policies, including the Liverpool Unitary Development Plan (2002) and the Strategic Regeneration Framework (July 2001). | UNESCO |
| Its implementation is overseen by the Liverpool World Heritage Site Steering Group, which includes most public bodies involved in the property. | UNESCO |