fire damage. Features No two sides of the square's Georgian terracing are identical. The private gardens within the square were acquired by the local council in 1903 and were subsequently opened to the public. The square include the town's cenotaph in front of the town hall, a large Queen Victoria Monument and a statue of John Laird (son of William Laird); 63 Hamilton Square, the former home of John Laird, Birkenhead's first Member of Parliament, is now a Grade I listed building, along with 1–18, 35–50 and 58–62 in Hamilton Square. Part of the square – which was built between 1825 and 1847 – was pedestrianised as part of £80m work carried out in the Hamilton Quarter area between 1995 and 2002. A plan by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to reopen the square to traffic, was scrapped in January 2016. Hamilton Square railway station opened in 1886. See also Listed buildings in Birkenhead References External links Video Slide Show of Hamilton Square in Birkenhead on the Wirral Buildings and structures in Birkenhead Grade I listed buildings in Wirral James Gillespie Graham buildings Squares in England