Tower Building, Liverpool

Tower Building
Tower Building on George's Dock Gates
LocationLiverpool, Merseyside, England
Coordinates53°24′23″N 2°59′39″W / 53.4064°N 2.9943°W / 53.4064; -2.9943
OS grid referenceSJ 340 904
Built1906–10
ArchitectWalter Aubrey Thomas
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated14 March 1975
Reference no.1360220
Tower Building, Liverpool is located in Liverpool
Tower Building, Liverpool
Location in Liverpool

Tower Building is a Grade II* listed apartment block in Liverpool, England. It stands with its longer front on the east side of the Strand, and extends round the corner into Water Street. The building is located directly opposite the Royal Liver Building, which was designed by the same architect, Walter Aubrey Thomas. The structure was originally designed for use as an office building, and is one of the earliest steel-framed buildings in England. It has been converted into apartments and units for commercial and retail use.

Earlier buildings on the site have been a sandstone mansion, and a later fortified house known as the Tower of Liverpool. After this was demolished in 1819, it was replaced in 1846 by the first structure to be named Tower Building. Details of the current building's architecture reflect the earlier fortified building on the site.