Home to its world famous orchestra, the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool city centre was built to replace the original and much older building destroyed in a terrible fire.
The building of the iconic Art Deco Philharmonic Hall we see on Hope Street was completed in 1939, six years after a blaze which reduced the original hall which once stood in its place to ash. Described as the finest acoustic performance hall in the UK, the original Philharmonic Hall was built in 1849.
It was home to the orchestra for over 80-years when disaster struck on July 5, 1933. A fire, believed to have started between the double roofs, spread through the entire building.
