Royal Liver Building
Edwardian waterfront office tower crowned by two copper Liver Birds atop its twin clock towers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool follows Carl Bernard Bartels, the Stuttgart-born woodcarver who designed the copper birds on its towers. It finds him in a First World War internment camp on the Isle of Man, and traces his road from an eighteen eighties honeymoon to a north London workshop and a national design competition. Stand where you can see both clock towers at once.
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