Hamilton Square

Hamilton Square
town square
Birkenhead Town Hall (right) in Hamilton Square.
Birkenhead Town Hall (right) in Hamilton Square.
DesignJames Gillespie Graham
Construction1825–1847
OwnerWirral Metropolitan Borough Council
LocationBirkenhead, Wirral, England
Coordinates: 53°23′36″N 3°00′58″W / 53.39333°N 3.01611°W / 53.39333; -3.01611

Hamilton Square is a town square in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. The Georgian square, which was designed by Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, has the most Grade I listed buildings outside London (after Trafalgar Square).[1][2] It is named after the family of the wife of Scottish shipbuilder William Laird.

  1. ^ Architecture: Hamilton Square, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, archived from the original on 7 November 2007, retrieved 7 July 2010
  2. ^ Walk 2: The Wonders of Birkenhead (PDF), visitwirral.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2010, retrieved 1 July 2010

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