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16 Cook StreetDesigner: Peter Ellis One of only two buildings by the Liverpool architect, Peter Ellis, 16 Cook Street. Built two years after Oriel Chambers, it shows a development of his style. The front elevation consist of three bays with a Venetian headed window, but as with Oriel Chambers, it is once again at the rear of building that contains the most remarkable feature. A glazed cast iron spiral staircase dominates the narrow courtyard. The spiral has no central support, but appears to be cantilevered from each floor. It has been speculated that the influence of this can be seen in the early skyscrapers in Chicago where the American architect John Root who, having been sent to abroad to avoid the Civil War, was in Liverpool at the time that Cook Street was being built. Some of his work shows close influences of Peter Ellis. After Cook Street, the only recorded work by Ellis is a civil engineer. Use the pull-down menu below to access information on a specific building in Liverpool. |
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