| The Lyceum | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neo-classical |
| Town or city | Liverpool |
| Country | England |
| Construction started | 1800 |
| Completed | 1802 |
| Cost | £11,000 (1803) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Harrison |
| Engineer | William Slater |
The Lyceum is a Neoclassical Grade II* listed building located on Bold Street, Liverpool. It was constructed in 1802 as a news-room and England's first subscription library (1758–1942) and later became a gentleman's club. After the club relocated in 1952 the building was left unoccupied for many years, eventually falling into a state of disrepair. Calls were made for its demolition in the late 1970s, sparking a campaign to save the building. It reopened as a post office, and then a branch of the Co-operative Bank. As of May 2024, its tenants are a Chinese restaurant (Church St entrance) and a miniature golf and bar venue called One Below (main entrance).[1][2]
- ^ Houghton, Alistair (23 May 2017). "Liverpool's famous Lyceum 'to house household name restaurants'". The Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Facelift planned for Liverpool's neoclassical Lyceum Building". Liverpool Business News. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.