🏴 Architect William Owen is associated with Port Sunlight. In the 1880s Owen developed a friendship with the industrialist William Lever.
Port Sunlight, Wirral, England, United Kingdom
🏴 Port Sunlight is a model village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever); work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.
Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and was declared a conservation area in 1978. Port Sunlight has been informally suggested for World Heritage Site (WHS) status to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for future generations; however, it is not yet on the current UK "tentative list" for future consideration as a WHS.
Birkenhead, Wirral
Port Sunlight has a population of over 1,450 people. Port Sunlight also forms part of the wider Wirral district which has a population of over 321,238 people.
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William Owen |
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Charles Herbert Reilly |
🏴 Architect/Educator Charles Herbert Reilly is associated with Port Sunlight. In 1904 he was appointed Roscoe Professor of Architecture at Liverpool University.
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Frederick Jardine Barnish |
🏴 Architect Frederick Jardine Barnish is associated with Port Sunlight. He was also a Fellow of Liverpool Architectural Society.
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Segar Owen |
🏴 Architect Segar Owen is associated with Port Sunlight. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906.
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Leonard Barnish |
🏴 Architect Leonard Barnish is associated with Port Sunlight. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1911.
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