Exchange Station, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool. (Architectural Competition II)

LIVERPOOL - The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway have awarded the premiums for the designs for the proposed new Exchange Station, Liverpool, as under - viz., 1st, £750, Mr. John West, 4, South parade, Manchester: 2nd, £500, Mr. H. J. Percival, Old Parsonage, Newchurch, near Manchester ; 3rd, £250, Mr. Thos. Mitchell, 17, St. Anne's square, Manchester. [Building News 12 August 1881 Page 213]

The design which has obtained the second premium, "Omega," by Mr. H. T. Percival, Newchurch, near Manchester, also preserves the existing buildings, and therefore minimises the cost. In this plan there is an entrance   tower to subway to booking office, and a semi subway and steps to same; an entrance to excursion platform and another for carts. Shops and basements are proposed along the frontage to Tithebarn street. The present building is altered for waiting rooms with dining rooms above. The roof is in two spans, of about 164 feet each, supported on columns 50 feet apart, and lattice or Warren girders 14ft. deep transversely to the run of metals - on these are the ordinary iron roofs hipped at both sides.

Reference           Building News 12 August 1881, page 213