India Buildings

India Buildings
India Buildings
General information
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance with American Beaux-Arts
AddressWater Street, Liverpool, England
Coordinates53°24′22″N 2°59′33″W / 53.4061°N 2.9926°W / 53.4061; -2.9926
Year(s) built1924–32
ClientBlue Funnel Line
Design and construction
Architect(s)Arnold Thornely and
Herbert J. Rowse
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameIndia Buildings, including the Water Street entrance to James Street underground station
Designated5 November 2013
Reference no.1280299

India Buildings is a commercial building with its principal entrance on Water Street in Liverpool, England. Mainly an office building, it also contains an internal shopping arcade and the entrance to an underground station. It was built between 1924 and 1932, damaged by a bomb in 1941, and later restored to its original condition under the supervision of one of its original architects. The building, its design influenced by the Italian Renaissance and incorporating features of the American Beaux-Arts style, occupies an entire block in the city.