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| Albion House | |
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 The building in 2008 | |
  Location in Liverpool | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Liverpool, England |
| Coordinates | 53°24′17″N2°59′33″W / 53.4046°N 2.9925°W /53.4046; -2.9925 |
| Construction started | 1896 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Richard Norman Shaw James Francis Doyle |
| Designations | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Albion House |
| Designated | 28 June 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1207759 |
Albion House (also known as "30 James Street" or theWhite Star Building) is aGrade II* listed building located inLiverpool, England. It was constructed between 1896 and 1898 and is positioned on the corner of James Street and The Strand across from thePier Head.
Designed byarchitectsRichard Norman Shaw andJ. Francis Doyle, it was built for the Ismay, Imrie and Company shipping company, which later became theWhite Star Line. After White Star merged withRoyal Mail Line, the headquarters remained at Albion House until 1934, at which time the British Government forced the merger ofCunard Line and White Star Line. The building is situated on the corner of The Strand and James Street. The facade is constructed from whitePortland stone and red brick. In 1912 when news of the disaster of theTitanic reached the offices, the officials were too afraid to leave the building, and instead read the names of the deceased from the balcony. During theSecond World War, the gable was damaged and was later rebuilt in the late 1940s.[citation needed]
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After many years being vacant, in 2014 the building was converted into aTitanic-themed hotel known as 30 James Street.[1]
The design closely follows the architect's earlier work of 1887, the formerNew Scotland Yard building in London. In the 1980s, the offices in Albion House were noted for their exquisite desks of fine wood. The entrance to the building at James Street has a fine mosaic of South America set into the floor, also near the James Street entrance inside Albion House was a wooden war memorial listing the members of staff who "Gave their lives for their country" in the 1914–18 War.[citation needed]
Albion House is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designatedGrade II* listed building.[2]
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