Renovations to two of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings will cost more than three quarters of a million pounds.
More than £800,000 has been awarded in contracts for repair work at St George’s Hall and Croxteth Hall in the last 12 months by Liverpool Council.
According to the register of contracts for the local authority, work worth £563,557 has been given to Stockport-based heritage property specialists Aura Conservation Ltd to take out priority works at Croxteth Hall.
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The 10-month contract covers November 2021 to August this year and was awarded by the council in October 2021.
A further £277,777 has been handed out to Hankinson Group of Birkenhead to undertake repair work to the ceiling at St George’s Hall.
The register of contracts said the money - totalling £836,334 - will be spent on construction, maintenance and repairs at both locations.
The contract at St George’s Hall was awarded to the Birkenhead firm in October last year, for a period of three months between January and April 2022.
The documents listed online indicate that work is expected to be completed by April 22.
Hankinsons also carried out work on St George’s Hall in 2006 when a team of 60 tradespeople replaced the hall’s existing lead based paint due to health and safety concerns.
As previously reported, the historic building on Lime Street - which first opened its doors to the public 168 years ago - has been the subject of a series of renovation projects since large scale events were postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2020, £140,000 was spent on repairing the hall’s roof, lighting and stonework amid concerns of leaks and broken plasterwork falling onto the ground.
That funding was part of a ring fenced pot designated to the city’s three halls, including Croxteth Hall and the Town Hall on High Street.
During that time, around £650,000 has been earmarked for works at Croxteth Hall for urgent maintenance and engineering work, which former deputy mayor Cllr Wendy Simon said would “futureproof” the hall for future generations.
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