Liverpool Collegiate Institution

The Liverpool Collegiate Institution is a former school in Liverpool, England. It opened its doors to pupils on 6 January 1843. The Institution was a day school for boys, sons of middle class Liverpudlians, and aimed to provide them with a suitable education encompassing instruction in the sciences, commerce and religion. The second verse of the school song (in Latin) began Intellect spurs us on, manliness inspires us. Its impressive red sandstone building was designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in neo-Gothic style, and has been nominated as one of the Icons of England and is a Grade II* listed building. The Upper School of the Collegiate Institution became Liverpool College and moved to Lodge Lane in 1884. The remainder of the...