The Piermaster’s House was built in 1852 for the use of Liverpool’s piermaster and his family. The piermaster was responsible for the safety of ships using the docks at high tide.
There were originally four houses on the site but the others were destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
The house is now managed by the Museum of Liverpool and its interior has been restored with period furniture to depict life in Liverpool during the 1940s.
![The Piermaster’s House in the Albert Dock area of Liverpool has been restored to show what life was like in the 1940s during the Second World War. Admission is free and it is only a couple of minutes walk from the Museum of Liverpool, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and Tate Liverpool. (Photo: John Bradley [CC BY-SA 3.0])](https://englandrover.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/piermasters-house-liverpool.jpg)
What to see at The Piermaster’s House
The 19th-century Grade II-listed building has been restored to depict life in the early 1940s when Liverpool was being bombed during the Second World War.
The house has been set up to show what life would have been like in Liverpool during the Second World War. It includes furnishings and domestic appliances that would have been commonplace during this era along with items like ration books and gas masks that show the harsh reality of living in wartime Liverpool.
Visiting The Piermaster’s House
The Piermaster’s House is located in the Albert Dock area and it is very close to the Museum of Liverpool, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Tate Liverpool, which are all no more than a two-minute walk away.
Although it is a relatively minor attraction, its convenient location, along with the fact that there is no admission charge to visit the house, means that there is no reason why you shouldn’t pop in for a quick look.
The house is open 10am–4.30pm daily and a visit shouldn’t take much longer than 20 minutes.
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