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Former Midland Bank building 62 Castle Street
62 Castle Street is a Grade II listed building located on the west side of Castle Street, Liverpool. It was built in 1868 for the Alliance Bank and was later occupied by the North and South Wales Bank and most recently by the Midland Bank. The building was designed by the architects Lucy and Littler and features a domed banking hall with paired corinthian columns. The two bays to the right of the building are a matching addition, designed by G. E. Grayson.
After the Midand Bank had relocated to the northern end of the street, the building was converted in 1990 by Wayne Rose, a Liverpool businessman, at the age of 23, into a bar, restaurant and a 4-star rated, 20-bed, all-suite hotel, known as Trials Hotel due to its close proximity to the Queen Elizabeth Law Courts. The building was bought by Centre Island Hotels in 2004 and refurbished as a boutique hotel.
Lucy & Littler was a Liverpool-based partnership of architects, also trading as Lucy & Littler of Liverpool, active in the late-19th century. The firm was begun by the architect Charles Littler (active around 1868).
The deigner George Enoch Grayson FRIBA (7 June 1833 – 7 November 1912) was an English architect from Liverpool. He was the son of shipbuilder John Dorlin Grayson and Jane Dixon Grayson. He was articled to Jonathan Gilliband Sale in 1851, travelled on the Continent for 12 months in 1856, and opened an independent practice the following year. In 1886, he formed a partnership with Edward Ould, and in the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. His son George Hastwell Grayson (1871–1951) was also an architect in Liverpool, and became a partner in the same practice.
Former Midland Bank building 62 Castle Street
62 Castle Street is a Grade II listed building located on the west side of Castle Street, Liverpool. It was built in 1868 for the Alliance Bank and was later occupied by the North and South Wales Bank and most recently by the Midland Bank. The building was designed by the architects Lucy and Littler and features a domed banking hall with paired corinthian columns. The two bays to the right of the building are a matching addition, designed by G. E. Grayson.
After the Midand Bank had relocated to the northern end of the street, the building was converted in 1990 by Wayne Rose, a Liverpool businessman, at the age of 23, into a bar, restaurant and a 4-star rated, 20-bed, all-suite hotel, known as Trials Hotel due to its close proximity to the Queen Elizabeth Law Courts. The building was bought by Centre Island Hotels in 2004 and refurbished as a boutique hotel.
Lucy & Littler was a Liverpool-based partnership of architects, also trading as Lucy & Littler of Liverpool, active in the late-19th century. The firm was begun by the architect Charles Littler (active around 1868).
The deigner George Enoch Grayson FRIBA (7 June 1833 – 7 November 1912) was an English architect from Liverpool. He was the son of shipbuilder John Dorlin Grayson and Jane Dixon Grayson. He was articled to Jonathan Gilliband Sale in 1851, travelled on the Continent for 12 months in 1856, and opened an independent practice the following year. In 1886, he formed a partnership with Edward Ould, and in the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. His son George Hastwell Grayson (1871–1951) was also an architect in Liverpool, and became a partner in the same practice.