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Public buildings were built around 1898 to 1900 for the brewers Robert cain. it was designed by Walter w. Thomas (not to be confused with the royal liver building designer Walter Aubrey Thomas) and craftsman of the college of architecture and applied arts (now Liverpool university), supervised by g. Hall Neale and Arthur Stratton.

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The public house was built in about 1898–1900 for the brewer Robert Cain. It was designed by Walter W. Thomas (not to be confused with Walter Aubrey Thomas the designer of the Royal Liver Building) and craftsmen from the School of Architecture and Applied Arts at University College (now the University of Liverpool), supervised by G. Hall Neale and Arthur Stratton.

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The building is constructed in ashlar stone with a slate roof in an "exuberant free style" of architecture. It has a combination of two and three storeys, with attics and cellar. There are ten bays along Hope Street and three along Hardman Street. Its external features include a variety of windows, most with mullions, and some with elaborate architraves, a two-storey oriel window at the junction of the streets, stepped gables, turrets with ogee domes, a balustraded parapet above the second storey, a serpentine balcony (also balustraded) above the main entrance in Hope Street, and a low relief sculpture of musicians and musical instruments. The main entrance contains metal gates in Art Nouveau style, their design being attributed to H. Bloomfield Bare.Of particular interest to visitors is the high quality of the gentlemen's urinals, constructed in rose-coloured marble.

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The pub was built to serve the grandees attending the Philharmonic Hall concerts.