I haven't checked either but I would be surprised if that's true given the relative scale of the two cities. The BBC article states that the Albert Dock area constitutes the largest group of Grade 1 buildings in the UK, and of course there are listed buildings all across the city centre and beyond.
I was quite satisfied with myself and all!
Ah, my apologies to Rafael.
Just done a little checking and Chester and Bath apparently have the highest concentrations of listed buildings, but across the city Liverpool has the most listed buildings outside London. That tallies with what I learned during my degree course back in the 1970's, when I spent a year in the City planning department in Wilberforce House, and was surprised to see how many listed buildings were on the register. Many more have been added since then.
- As pointed out by others, there’s other cities in the UK with more listed buildings, especially grade 1 - https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/bath-and-north-east-somerset/grade-i#.YPhGD-R4WEc
Top Trumps?
Fair enough, but I still think Liverpool has a higher overall number of listed buildings than anywhere outside London, an article in the Liverpool Echo from 2014 cited an overall number of 2,400 listed buildings. I'm sure there would have been many more in the city centre but for the losses during WWII.
Nope. Liverpool has the most outside of London. Pretty sure on that but it may be a combined figure.
It is. And I've just checked. 40% of total world trade passed through Liverpool by early 19th century. By that time of course there was no slave trade. Here's me thinking it was half the total world trade. My bad. Don't know how I got it so wrong. Also naughty me for quoting a Birkenhead park in a thread about Liverpool.
Fair-do's, he has the facts, but it does seem a tad pedantic. It is obvious you were referencing the indisputable global significance of the city from a historical perspective, which will always remain regardless of WHS status.
