Castle Street, Liverpool
| This six storey office building was built at 3-5 Castle Street in 1839. It was designed by a firm of architects called Grayson & Ould for the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company. Above the first floor windows is a mosaic frieze, created using vitreous glass tesserae, which depicts sailing ships and sea creatures. The central panel contains a banner bearing the company's name and two sails - one with the flag of St George and the other a Liver Bird. The name of the mosaicist who created this frieze is unknown. |
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The frieze is quite damaged with many of the tesserae missing - particularly in the background of the left panel. |
Central panel depicting two sails with a Liver Bird on the left and the flag of St George on the right. The company name appears on the banner. |
 Left panel depicting an ocean liner and sailing ships - the sunset background has many tesserae missing.
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 Right panel depicting sailing ships - again most of the damage appears to be in the background.
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 Sea creature decoration around the left bay window - possibly dolphins as they are similar in design to the 2nd century Dolphin Mosaic from Delos. |
