A new luxury hotel is opening in a historic Liverpool building next month.
M-Gallery will launch its first hotel in the UK in Dale Street's Municipal Buildings on Wednesday, May 17. Originally opened in 1868, it was formerly the home of Liverpool City Council until the local authority moved to the Cunard Building in 2017.
Grade II listed since 1966, Municipal Buildings is instantly recognisable due to its French and Italian architecture and clock tower visible from many points around the city.
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In 2016, the building was sold to Accor Hotel Group, which is in the process of converting the old offices. New renderings show how the hotel plans to mix the building’s original features with a modern elegant interior.
The vaulted arches, coffered ceilings, wood panelling, friezes, mouldings and marble fireplaces have all been restored. The hotel's Palm Court Bar will occupy the central atrium.
During the day, it will be used as an afternoon tearoom and at night a cocktail bar. Accor said the bar, with alcoves and exotic trees and plants, will have "a cosy intimacy and a tropical twist".
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For afternoon tea, they plan to serve a tea selection trolley with homemade cakes, biscuits and hourglass tea timers. There will also be a new brasserie, Seaforth Restaurant, that will offer both British and global cuisine.
Guests staying in one of the 179 rooms will have access to a 16m indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room, nail bar and jacuzzi.
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