Which Victorian pub in Liverpool has rooms called Brahms and Liszt?
Architecture of Liverpool George Gilbert Scott; Church of St Margaret of Antioch by George Edmund Street; Church of St Matthew and St James, Mossley Hill by Paley and Austin;St Oswald's Church, Old Swan by Augustus Pugin; Church of St Clare, Liverpool by Leonard Stokes; St Francis Xavier Church by Joseph John Scoles. The Philharmonic Dining Rooms on Hope Street not only have a flamboyant exterior and intricate internal decor but are also noteworthy for their ornate Victorian toilets, which have become a tourist attraction in their own right. The sale of the former George's Dock in 1902 provided the basis for the development
Philharmonic Dining Rooms of the smaller rooms are entitled "Brahms" and "Liszt". Of particular interest to visitors is the high quality of the gentlemen's urinals, constructed in rose-coloured marble. Pollard and Pevsner, in the "Buildings of England" series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that "it is of exceptional quality in national terms". The Grade II* listing means that it is included among "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's "architectural gems". This is said to be an example of "Scouse" humour, involving rhyming slang. Philharmonic Dining