Peter Ellis was a Liverpudlian

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 architect

Architect

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. He lived for a time at 40 Falkner Square

Falkner Square

Falkner Square is a square in Canning on the edge of Liverpool city centre. Falkner Square Gardens occupy the centre of the square. The Square was completed in 1830 and in 1835 the center area was acquired as a park, one of the first area acquired by the council.-History:Falkner square is named...

, on which an English Heritage

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 Blue Plaque

Blue plaque

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 is now sited.

He designed the revolutionary Oriel Chambers

Oriel Chambers

Oriel Chambers is the world's first metal framed glass curtain walled building. Designed by architect Peter Ellis and built in 1864, it comprises set over five floors...

 in 1864 at the corner of Water Street and Covent Garden in Liverpool, said by some to be the finest building in Liverpool and one of the most influential buildings of its age.

Ellis's only other known commission was 16 Cook Street

16 Cook Street

16 Cook Street, Liverpool was built in 1866 and, together with Oriel Chambers on the city's Water Street, forms the complete work of Peter Ellis. It is a Grade II* Listed Building....

, Liverpool, of 1866. Like Oriel Chambers, this building has an extraordinary expanse of glass for its period.

He died of a stomach ulcer on June 6, 1888.

Ellis' buildings influenced the later work of the United States

United States

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 architect John Wellborn Root

John Wellborn Root

John Wellborn Root was an American architect who worked out of Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style...

, who lived in Liverpool for a period.

External links

• http://www.artehistoria.com/tienda/banco/cuadros/12033.htm
• http://www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk/flm030636.htm
• http://www.ar.utexas.edu/courses/glossary/building/oriel.html
• http://www.liverpoolarchitecture.com/tours/buildings/building.php?id=25