1862 – Royal Insurance Company, King Street, Manchester, Lancashire
Architect: Alfred Waterhouse
From The Building News, August 8, 1862: This building, which has been erected by the Royal Insurance Company,
From The Building News, August 8, 1862: This building, which has been erected by the Royal Insurance Company,
Italianate palazzo by William G. Murray on the corner of Dame and Fownes Streets. Finished in Portland stone,
Design in architecture competition for head office for the Royal Insurance Company.
Described as ‘Free Renaissance style’, these office premises were purpose built in 1903 for the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool.
Built on the site of the Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co., which Royal Insurance had taken over in 1919.