Wellington Rooms, Liverpool
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Wellington Rooms | |
Building information | |
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Town | Liverpool |
Country | England |
Architect | Edmund Aikin |
Client | Wellington Club |
Construction start date | 1815 |
Completion date | 1816 |
Style | Neo-classical |
The Wellington Rooms, or as it is often commonly referred to, The Irish Centre, is situated on Mount Pleasant, Merseyside, close to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
[edit] History
The building was designed by the architect Edmund Aikin and built between 1815-1816 as a subscription assembly room for the Wellington Club. It was originally used by high society for dance balls and parties.
Neo-classical in style the building's façade is Grade II* listed, but it is now blackened and the building is derelict, a reflection on the changing wealth and fashions in the city.
[edit] Regeneration
Having been derelict for some years the Wellington rooms future looks more positive with a partnership between a building preservation trust and a dance development not-for-profit organisation submitting plans to conserve the building and adapt them to be used as a National Dance Centre serving the Northwest of England.