Tower Building, Liverpool

Tower Building is a Grade II* listed apartment block in Liverpool, England.

It stands with its longer front on the east side of the Strand, and extends round the corner into Water Street.

Earlier buildings on the site have been a sandstone mansion, and a later fortified house known as the Tower of Liverpool.

In 1406 Sir John gained permission from King Henry IV to build a fortified house, which was named the Tower of Liverpool.

The site was used for a row of warehouses, until in 1846 the first structure to be known as Tower Building was built to a design by Sir James Picton.

It is clad in grey granite, and faced with white glazed terracotta made by Doulton.