Editing Port of Liverpool Building (section)

{{Short description|Building located in Liverpool, England}}
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{{Infobox building
| name             = Port of Liverpool Building
| former_names     = Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building
| image            = [[File:Port of Liverpool Building - 2024-06-15.jpg|240px]]
| location         = {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Pier Head]], [[Liverpool]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| map_type         = United Kingdom Liverpool Central
| map_alt          = 
| map_caption      = Location in Liverpool
| coordinates      = {{coord|53.4043|-2.9949|display=inline}}
| height           = {{convert|220|ft|m}}
| architect        = Sir [[Arnold Thornely]], F.B. Hobbs, Briggs and Wolstenholme
| building_type    = [[Office#Office buildings|Office Building]]
| architectural_style = [[Edwardian Baroque]]
| structural_system = [[Reinforced concrete]] with [[Portland stone]] cladding
| cost             = £250,000
| owner            = Downing
| current_tenants  = Multiple tenants including [[Rathbones]], [[DHL Express|DHL]] and [[Hapag Lloyd]]
| start_date       = 1903
| completion_date  = 1907
| floor_area       = 
| main_contractor  = William Brown & Son
| website          = https://portofliverpoolbuilding.com/
}}

The '''Port of Liverpool Building''' (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a [[Grade II*]] [[listed building]] in [[Liverpool]], England. It is located at the [[Pier Head]] and, along with the neighbouring [[Royal Liver Building]] and [[Cunard Building]], is one of Liverpool's ''Three Graces,'' which line the city's waterfront.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/worldheritagecity/ThreeGraces.asp |title=Liverpool museums – Liverpool: World Heritage City – The Three Graces of the world famous Liverpool Waterfront |publisher=liverpoolmuseums.org.uk |access-date=3 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325160523/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/worldheritagecity/ThreeGraces.asp |archive-date=25 March 2010 }}</ref> It is also part of Liverpool's formerly [[UNESCO]]-designated [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] [[Maritime Mercantile City]].

The building was designed by Sir [[Arnold Thornely]] and F.B. Hobbs and was developed in collaboration with Briggs and Wolstenholme. It was constructed between 1904 and 1907, with a [[reinforced concrete]] frame that is clad in [[Portland stone]]. The building was the headquarters of the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Board]] (MDHB) for 87 years, from 1907 to 1994, when the company relocated to new premises at [[Seaforth Dock]]. In 2001 it was sold to Downing, a Liverpool-based property developer, and between 2006 and 2009 underwent a major £10m restoration that restored many original features of the building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.downing.com/commercial/showdetails.asp?recordid=71 |title=Downing – Commercial Portfolio |publisher=downing.com |access-date=3 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324135848/http://www.downing.com/commercial/showdetails.asp?recordid=71 |archive-date=24 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolcdp.com/news/shownews.asp?recordid=720 |title=Liverpool Commercial District Partnership (LCDP) – News – News Story |publisher=liverpoolcdp.com |access-date=3 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007172509/http://www.liverpoolcdp.com/news/shownews.asp?recordid=720 |archive-date=7 October 2011 }}</ref>

The Port of Liverpool Building is in the [[Edwardian Baroque]] style and is noted for the large dome that sits atop it, acting as the focal point of the building. It is approximately rectangular in shape with [[Cant (architecture)|canted]] corners that are topped with stone [[cupola]]s. At {{convert|220|ft|m}} the building was the tallest building in Liverpool when built, and as of 2022 is the [[List of tallest buildings in Liverpool|fourteenth tallest]]. Like the neighbouring Cunard Building, it is noted for the ornamental detail both on the inside and out, and in particular for the many maritime references and expensive decorative furnishings.