Editing Liverpool (section)

===Other notable landmarks===
[[File:Speke Hall, Liverpool.jpg|thumb|right|[[Speke Hall]] [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] [[manor house]] is one of Liverpool's oldest buildings.]]
[[File:Liverpool Anglican Cathedral from St John's Beacon 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Liverpool Cathedral]], the largest cathedral in the UK]]
[[File:Sefton Park Palm House, Liverpool - geograph.org.uk - 2129921.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sefton Park]] Palm House]]
While the majority of Liverpool's architecture dates from the mid-18th century onwards, there are several buildings that pre-date this time. One of the oldest surviving buildings is [[Speke Hall]], a [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] [[manor house]] located in the south of the city, which was completed in 1598.<ref>{{harvnb|Hughes|1999|p=20 }}</ref> The building is one of the few remaining [[timber framed]] Tudor houses left in the [[north of England]] and is particularly noted for its [[Victorian decorative arts|Victorian]] interiors, which were added in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cousens|first=Belinda Cousins|title=Speke Hall|publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]|year=2006|page=5}}</ref> In addition to Speke Hall, many of the city's other oldest surviving buildings are also former [[manor house]]s including [[Croxteth Hall]] and [[Woolton Hall]], which were completed in 1702 and 1704 respectively.<ref>{{harvnb|Hughes|1999|p=22 }}</ref>

The oldest building within the city centre is the [[Grade I]] [[listed building|listed]] [[Bluecoat Chambers]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BC74oUqrrU Manchester School of Architecture video] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724211236/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BC74oUqrrU |date=24 July 2013 }} YouTube</ref> which was built between 1717 and 1718. Constructed in British [[Queen Anne style architecture]],<ref name="Liverpool City Council 2005 p97">{{harvnb|Liverpool City Council|2005|p=97 }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Hughes|1999|p=23 }}</ref> the building was influenced in part by the work of [[Christopher Wren]]<ref>{{harvnb|Sharples|2004|p=7 }}</ref> and was originally the home of the [[Liverpool Blue Coat School|Bluecoat School]] (who later moved to a larger site in [[Wavertree]] in the south of the city). Since 1908, it has acted as a centre for arts in Liverpool.<ref name="Liverpool City Council 2005 p97"/>

Liverpool is noted for having two Cathedrals, each of which imposes over the landscape around it.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cathedrals of Britain: Liverpool's Cathedrals|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/architecture_cathedral_08.shtml|access-date=15 July 2009|archive-date=30 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130071135/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/architecture_cathedral_08.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Liverpool Cathedral|Anglican Cathedral]], which was constructed between 1904 and 1978, is the largest Cathedral in Britain<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brooks|first=John|author2=Crampton, Malcolm|title=Liverpool Cathedral|publisher=Jarold Publishing|year=2007|page=2}}</ref> and the [[List of largest church buildings in the world|fifth largest in the world]]. Designed and built in [[Gothic style]], it is regarded as one of the greatest buildings to have been constructed during the 20th century<ref>{{harvnb|Sharples|2004|p=83 }}</ref> and was described by former British [[Poet Laureate]], [[John Betjeman]], as "one of the great buildings of the world".<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool Cathedral|publisher=VisitLiverpool.com|url=http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/liverpool-anglican-cathedral-p9023|access-date=15 July 2009|archive-date=19 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719170140/http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/liverpool-anglican-cathedral-p9023|url-status=live}}</ref> The Roman Catholic [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral|Metropolitan Cathedral]] was constructed between 1962 and 1967 and is known as one of the first cathedrals to break the traditional longitudinal design.<ref>{{harvnb|Sharples|2004|p=73 }}</ref>

In the 21st century, many parts of Liverpool's city centre have undergone significant redevelopment and regeneration after years of decline. So far, the largest of these developments has been [[Liverpool One]], which saw almost £1&nbsp;billion invested in the redevelopment of {{convert|42|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land, providing new retail, commercial, residential and leisure space.<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Facts|publisher=[[Grosvenor Group]]|url=http://www.liverpoolpsda.co.uk/ProjectOverview/keyfacts.htm|access-date=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611095659/http://www.liverpoolpsda.co.uk/ProjectOverview/keyfacts.htm|archive-date=11 June 2009}}</ref> Around the north of the city centre, several new skyscrapers have also been constructed including the [[RIBA]] award-winning [[Unity Buildings]] and [[West Tower]], which at 140m is [[List of tallest buildings and structures in Liverpool|Liverpool's tallest building]]. Many redevelopment schemes are also in progress including Circus,<ref>{{Cite web|title='Department store of experiences' lined up for Lewis's|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/department-store-of-experiences-lined-up-for-lewiss|access-date=8 October 2023|website=placenorthwest.co.uk|date=23 August 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907093836/https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/department-store-of-experiences-lined-up-for-lewiss/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|King's Dock]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=King's Dock set for "truly significant" waterfront development as new team appointed|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/kings-dock-set-truly-significant-26154117|access-date=8 October 2023|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|date=6 February 2023|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102184249/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/kings-dock-set-truly-significant-26154117|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool|Paddington Village]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool outlines intentions for £80m investment zone cash|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/liverpool-outlines-intentions-for-80m-investment-zone-cash|access-date=8 October 2023|website=placenorthwest.co.uk|date=31 August 2023|archive-date=5 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005112201/https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/liverpool-outlines-intentions-for-80m-investment-zone-cash/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Liverpool Waters]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peel L&P to refresh £5.5bn Liverpool Waters vision|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/peel-to-refresh-5-5bn-liverpool-waters-masterplan|access-date=8 October 2023|website=placenorthwest.co.uk|date=13 April 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831151026/https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/peel-to-refresh-5-5bn-liverpool-waters-masterplan/|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are many other notable buildings in Liverpool, including the [[art deco]] [[Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel|former terminal building]] of [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport|Speke Airport]], the [[University of Liverpool]]'s [[Victoria Building, University of Liverpool|Victoria Building]], (which provided the inspiration for the term ''[[Red Brick universities|Red Brick University]]''), and the [[Britannia Adelphi Hotel|Adelphi Hotel]], which was in the past considered to be one of the finest hotels anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coslett|first=Paul|title=Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi|publisher=BBC|date=20 June 2008|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2008/06/20/once_upon_a_time_adelphi_feature.shtml|access-date=15 July 2009|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515191750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2008/06/20/once_upon_a_time_adelphi_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>