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From: Jackie Serna <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] refuge assurance, bootle
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:12:12 -0500
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I did a quick goodle search and found

The Refuge Assurance Building
The Refuge, (now the Meridien Palace Hotel) is one of Manchester's most
distinctive and iconic landmarks on the southern approach to the city.
It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed by his son, Paul,
between 1891 and 1910, and dominates the corner of Oxford Street and
Whitworth Street. Its red bricks were specially commissioned to
complement and match the terra cotta surface decorations. It is a tall
building of three storeys with long high windows, a corner turreted
gable entrance and a dominating 220 feet high "campanile" clock tower.
Below the tower is a covered entrance, the porte cochère, displaying
ornate wrought iron and bronze work. Waterhouse had designed the
original corner block, and it was Paul Waterhouse who designed and
completed the second phase. The Refuge, (as locals still call it) is a
Grade II Listed Building of special architectural importance.

another site shows a beautiful picture. Hope this helps.

Jackie (Canada)

wrote:

>My grandfather was a superintendent of the Refuge Assurance, in Stanley
>Road, Bootle, early in the century.
>
>Does anyone have any information on this company from about that time please.
>
>Lynda - York
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