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Liverpool Street Station
Hob Uid: 500649
Location : Greater London Authority City and County of the City of London Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3321081730
Summary : No other London terminus has had quite such a complex and contradictory history as Liverpool Street. The station lies on the northern side of the City, and exists primarily to provide suburban services for City Workers, together with trains to East Anglia. Its first part was built in 1871-5 by the Great Eastern Railway to the designs of the engineer Edward Wilson. It was a ten-platform station, L-shaped in plan, set below street level. Gothic Revival station offices fronted a four-bay train shed with an unusual cantilever truss roof. In 1892-4 eight more platforms were added beneath a roof of simpler design. In 1975 plans were announced to totally rebuild the station as part of an office complex. The more conservation-minded scheme that was eventually carried out in 1985-91 rationalized the layout of the station, when the 1894 roof was replaced by an overhead office block whilst retaining the original train shed which was extended in matching form.
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Source details : City of London, 10-NOV-1977
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Source details : Thorne R. 1978. Liverpool Street Station
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Source details : Derbyshire N. 1991. Liverpool Street Station: A Station for the Twenty-First Century
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1871-5
Monument End Date : 1875
Monument Start Date : 1871
Monument Type : Railway Station, Train Shed, Railway Office
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1892-4
Monument End Date : 1894
Monument Start Date : 1892
Monument Type : Railway Station, Train Shed
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Redeveloped 1985-91
Monument End Date : 1991
Monument Start Date : 1985
Monument Type : Railway Station, Train Shed, Office
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 5707
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 199581
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 108610
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 38 SW 1833
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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-11-14
End Date : 1995-11-14