Enjoy a Grand NIGHT ON THE TILES at St George's Hall

St George's Hall recently announced that they will once again be unveiling the venues' famous Minton Tiled flooring from Thursday 13th - Wednesday 19th April 2017.

During that time, visitors can take the rare opportunity to marvel at the Hall in all its original grandeur with their Night on the Tiles event, which runs each evening from 6pm-9pm and tickets for this are on sale now.

Each evening guests can take in the spectacle of one of the world's finest examples of an encaustic tiled floor and walk across the handcrafted mosaic of over 30,000 tiles whilst enjoying a complimentary glass of fizz.

The intricate and exquisite patterned tiled flooring depicts the Liver Birds, the Roman god Neptune, sea nymphs, dolphins and tridents in what was the largest Minton pavement in the world when first constructed.

St George's Hall Manager, Alan Smith said: "We ran the Night on the Tiles evenings during the last floor unveiling and they proved hugely popular. They provide guests the opportunity to witness the Hall in all its exquisite glory, and experience what it would have been like to attend an evening here before the floor had to be covered up in the 1860's. We are expecting these evenings to be extremely popular again and would advise to book early."

For more information, visit www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk.

IF YOU GO:

Night on the Tiles

Thursday 13th - Wednesday 19th April

At St George's Hall, St George's Place, Liverpool, L1 1JJ

6pm-9pm Daily

£12 per person - including a free glass of prosecco (plus £2.25 fulfilment fee per booking)

Purchase in person at TicketQuarter, Echo Arena Liverpool, Kings Dock, Liverpool L3 4FP, online at www.ticketquarter.co.uk or on 0844 800 0410.

This unique neo-classical building is the centre of Liverpool's traditional cultural forum whose foundation stone was laid in 1838. It was built as a result of separate competitions to create a fitting space for the aspirational city to hold its music festivals and other assemblies and contains the vastly ornate Great Hall with its vaulted ceiling, Minton tiled floor, replete with maritime and civic symbolism and is also home to a massive pipe organ. The Small Concert Room at the Northern elevation of the Hall has been described as the 'Albert Hall in miniature' and is circular in design with a proscenium arch stage and is flanked by caryatids, female sculptural figures which are designed to give the impression of supporting the fine lace work of the iron balconies. Unusually, the Hall also houses the Crown and Civil Court which were working courts until the 1980's when the Court Service moved to new premises in Derby Square. The ground floor and basement levels also house holding cells for prisoners and the condemned cell. St George's Hall can lay claim to one of the oldest ventilation and air conditioning systems in the world, the workings of which can be seen in the lower basement level and throughout the Hall. For more information, visit www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk.

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