Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

53°24′04″N 2°58′12″W / 53.4012°N 2.9701°W / 53.4012; -2.9701

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Exterior view of venue (c.2008)
Map
AddressHope St
Liverpool L1 9BP
England
LocationKnowledge Quarter
OwnerRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
Capacity1,700
Construction
Broke groundJune 1937
Opened19 June 1939 (1939-06-19)
Renovated
  • 1995
  • 2015
Construction cost£120,000
(£9.78 million in 2023 sterling[1])
ArchitectHerbert Rowse
Website
Venue Website
OS grid referenceSJ 356 898
Architectural style(s)Streamline Moderne
Listed Building – Grade II*
Reference no.1279652

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2] It is not the original concert hall on the present site; its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1933 and the present hall was opened in 1939.

  1. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 7 May 2024
  2. ^ Historic England, "Philharmonic Hall (including detached poster piers to south west and north west), Liverpool (1279652)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 September 2013