"liverpool hidden history" blog posts

From Asylum to AcademiaThe University of Liverpool Quadrangle with Victoria and Ashton Buildings

From Asylum to Academia

If you stand behind the Victoria Gallery & Museum in the university quadrangle you may not realise that the foundations of the first building on this site lie beneath your feet. An asylum was erected here in 1829 and served until 1881 where it was repurposed and converted for the use of University College Liverpool. In this blog post we take a closer look at this buildings history.

Posted on: 17 September 2021