Design House is situated in the heart of Liverpool’s business district, just off Old Hall Street which had been vacant since 2016 and was previously used as a Leisure Club. The building sits within the Castle Street Conservation Area and so the development works had to be sensitive to the area and in keeping with the council planning constraints.

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This building was originally part of the American embassy complex before it was knocked down in 1902 to make way for a branch of the Mersey Tunnel which runs directly under the site. The new building was built around 1912 when it appears again on the Gore’s Directory. In its new form it was a cotton warehouse, brewery, leather goods shop and a design studio for Littlewood’s catalogue.