The post office is one of numerous listed buildings in Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town in Wirral, Merseyside, England. Its central area contains 150 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, six are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. This list contains the listed buildings in the central area of the town, and the other listed buildings are to be found in separate lists.
Birkenhead did not develop as a town until the 19th century. Before that, a Benedictinepriory was established in the 1170s, and the monks ran a ferry across the River Mersey. By 1811, the priory was in ruins, but a ferry was still in existence, carrying passengers to the growing port of Liverpool. The lord of the manor, with the intention of creating a bathing resort, built a few streets and commissioned the building of St Mary's Church next to the priory site. However, Birkenhead developed as an industrial town rather than a resort starting from 1823 when William Laird built a boiler factory. This grew into a shipbuilding yard, and Laird commissioned James Gillespie Graham to design residential accommodation. A rectangular street plan was envisaged, with Hamilton Square, which was built from about 1825, as the centrepiece. As the town grew, some of the streets were almost 2 miles (3,220 m) long.[1]
In 1843 it was decided to build a park in the town; this is Birkenhead Park, the first park in the world to be financed from public funds. The park was designed by Joseph Paxton and the building was supervised by Edward Kemp. Entrances, gateways, lodges, and other structures were designed for the park by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson.[2] Meanwhile, high-class residential accommodation was being built both around the park and in other areas, such as Clifton Park, the layout and buildings designed by Walter Scott and Charles Reed.[3] At the same time, the shipbuilding industry was developing, and more docks were being built, initially by J .M. Rendell, and later by J.B. Hartley.[4] During the 20th century, two road tunnels were built under the River Mersey, the first being the Queensway Tunnel, built in 1925–34 between Birkenhead and Liverpool, and designed by Basil Mott and John Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse as engineer. This has impressive entrances and ventilation stations.[5]
The listed buildings reflect the history of the town, the oldest being the ruins of the priory and its renovated chapter house. The next listed buildings date from the 19th century, and include houses, shops, churches, public houses, buildings associated with the park, buildings associated with Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, docks and associated structures, and street furniture. Later in the century and in the early 20th century, public buildings were built, together with a railway station, statues and memorials, a Quaker meeting house and, later in the 20th century, structures associated with the Queensway Tunnel.
The ruins of a Benedictine priory, which was extended up to 1400, are around the former cloister. In the north range is the vaultedundercroft of the refectory, in which an education room has been created. The west range is unroofed. Further to the east are parts of the walls of the former priory church.[7][8]
The former chapter house is in the east range of the priory. It is in stone with a Westmorlandslate roof, in two storeys with two bays. There is a stained glass window in the east wall of the lower storey. The upper room was restored in 1913–19 by Edmund Kirby, and has been used as a meeting room.[7][9]
The church was designed by Thomas Rickman, extended in 1832–35, but largely demolished in 1975. It is built in brick and faced in stone. What remains is the steeple, and parts of the nave and transepts. The steeple consists of a two-stage tower with a clock in the lower stage, an embattledparapet, and a recessed spire with lucarnes.[10][11]
A brick house, later used as an office, with a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys, and a three-bay front containing a door with a fanlight. The windows on the front are sashes, and those on the left side have been replaced.[12]
A terrace of 18 houses by James Gillespie Graham, they are in ashlar-faced brick with a Welsh slate roof. The houses are in three storeys with attics and basements, and each house has a three-bay front. At the ends are projecting pavilions, and the middle four bays also project forward; these have Doric porches with entablatures. The windows are sashes, and the railings in front of the houses are included in the listing.[13][14]
A terrace of six houses, later used as offices, by James Gillespie Graham. They are ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and in three storeys with attics and basements, each house having a three-bay front. The outer houses project forward and have engaged Doric columns in the upper storeys; the inner houses have Doric porches. The windows are sashes, and the railings in front of the houses, and the gate piers are included in the listing.[13][15]
Originating as the stables and carriage houses of 52–57 Hamilton Square by James Gillespie Graham, they are in brick with Welsh slate roofs. The building is in two storeys with the remains of carriage doorways, later altered. Some original openings in the upper floor have survived.[16]
A terrace of six houses, partly used as offices, in ashlar-faced brick with a Welsh slate roof. They are in three storeys with basements, and each house has a two-bay front, other than No. 1, which has five bays. The doorways are approached by steps, they have fanlights, and the windows are sashes. Along the top is a mouldedcornice and a pediment. The railings in front of the houses are included in the listing.[13][17]
A brick house, later used as offices, with a Welsh slate roof. It has three storeys and a five-bay front, with a two-storey rear wing. There is a central plain doorway with a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[18]
A row of four shops, incorporating the former Albion Hotel, by Edward Welch. They are in stone, and have two storeys with a basement. There are five bays in Market Street; these contain 20th-century shop fronts. The Chester Street front has three bays, a central doorway, a balcony, windows with architraves, and a pediment.[22]
A terrace of 16 houses, later used as offices, by James Gillespie Graham. They are ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and in three storeys with attics and basements, each house having a three-bay front. The outer houses project forward and have engaged Doric columns in the upper storeys; the inner houses have Doric porches. The windows are sashes, and the railings in front of the houses, and the gate piers are included in the listing.[13][23]
A terrace of 17 houses, later used as offices, by James Gillespie Graham. They are ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and in three storeys with attics and basements, each house having a three-bay front. The outer houses project forward and have engaged Doric columns in the upper storeys; the inner houses have Doric porches. The windows are sashes, and the railings in front of the houses, and the gate piers are included in the listing.[13][24]
A row of three ashlar-faced shops with a Welsh slate roof in three storeys. There are five bays on Hamilton Street, two on John Street, and curved bays on the corners. On the ground floor are shop fronts, and sash windows with architraves and segmental pediments in the middle floor. The top floor has mullioned and transomedcasements.[25][26]
A row of three ashlar-faced shops with a Welsh slate roof in three storeys. Each shop has a two-bay front, and in the ground floor are a variety of windows and doorways. In the storeys above are sash windows, those in the middle floor with entablatures on consoles, and four have cast iron balconies.[27]
A pair of stuccoed shops with a Welsh slate roof. They have three storeys and a three-bay front. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and in the middle storey are sash windows, The central window has an architrave with an entablature and the outer windows have three lights and segmental pediments.[28]
A stuccoed house with a concrete tiled roof in two storeys. It has an L-shaped plan with a full-height porch in the angle. The porch has a crow stepped gable containing a shield and with a finial, a Tudor arched doorway, and a hood mould. Both wings are gabled and contain bay windows. The windows are mullioned and contain sashes.[29]
A row of ashlar-faced shops with Welsh slate roofs partly renewed with tiles. They have two storeys, with shop fronts on the ground floor and sash windows above. Along the top is a mouldedcornice and a parapet. At the rear is a three-storey outbuilding, also with a shop front and sash windows; this is included in the listing.[30]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses with a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys, each house having a three-bay front. The porches are on the sides, the doorways are approached by steps, and they have architraves. The ground floor is rusticated and has windows with voussoirs, and the upper floor windows have architraves, with a pediment over the central windows.[31]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses with a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys, each house having a two-bay front. The porches are on the sides, the doorways are approached by steps. The ground floor is rusticated and has segmental-headed windows with voussoirs, and the upper floor windows have architraves with entablatures.[32]
The public house is in brick with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. It has three storeys, with five bays on Hamilton Street, three on Market Street, and a curved bay between. In the ground floor are round-headed windows and doorways, and sash windows above. The corner bay contains a blocked former doorway, and the first floor window has a mouldedarchitrave.[33]
Originally two houses, later a public house, it is ashlar-faced on brick, and has a Welsh slate roof. The building has four storeys, and a six-bay front. In the rusticated ground floor are three segmental-headed windows flanking round-headed doorways with fanlights. Above are sash windows, those in the first floor with entablatures.[34]
Originally part of the mews to houses in Hamilton Square, the building is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. It is in two storeys, and contains doorways and windows.[35]
A public house and three houses on a corner site, they are in stuccoed brick with roofs of Welsh slate and concrete tiles. The building has three storeys; there are four bays on Bridge Street, seven bays on Chester Street, and a curved bay between them. In the ground floor are doorways with fanlights, a pub window, a cantedbay window, and sash windows. The upper floors contain sash windows, some with mouldedarchitraves and pediments.[36]
An ashlar-faced house with a tiled roof in picturesque Gothic style by John Hay. It has two storeys and an asymmetrical front of two bays. The entrance is in the centre and has a gabled porch with an arched doorway. The right bay projects forward, is gabled, and has a traceried window in each floor. In the left bay is a dormer with an ornate gable. On the left side is a stair tower and a conservatory.[37][38]
A pair of brick houses with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof in Tudor style. They have two storeys with basements and attics, and each house is in two bays, the outer bays being gabled. The entrances are on the sides with gabled porches. The railings in front of the basement area, and the gate piers are included in the listing.[37][39]
A pair of brick houses with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof in Tudor style. They have three storeys, and each house has a four-bay front, the outer two bays of each house projecting forward and gabled with fretted bargeboards. The entrances are on the sides, and the windows are sashes. At the rear are Dutch gables.[40]
An ashlar-faced house with a Welsh slate roof in Italianate style. It has two storeys and three bays. The central entrance has a projecting porch with pairs of Doric columns and an entablature, and the door has a fanlight. The windows are sashes. In front of the house are panelled gate piers with shallow pyramidal copings; these are included in the listing.[37][41]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses with Welsh slate roofs in picturesque French Renaissance style. They have two storeys, attics and a basement, and are designed and orientated separately. Features include gables, one of which is a Dutch gable, and an octagonal turret. The gate piers are included in the listing.[42]
A brick house with diapering and a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys with attics, and a symmetrical two-bay front. The inner bays are gabled, and the windows are mullioned and transomed. The entrances are on the sides, and have segmentally-headed doorways with architraves and fanlights.[43]
A pair of stuccoed houses by Walter Scott with concrete tiled roofs. They have two storeys and a symmetrical four-bay front, with a recessed wing on the outsides, each containing a porch. The central two bays project forward and are pedimented. The windows are sashes.[44]
A pair of houses by Walter Scott, mainly stuccoed and partly pebbledashed, with a Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys and a symmetrical four-bay front. The outer bays project forward, and have a cantedbay window in the ground floor, and window with an entablature above. The central bays are rusticated and contain a window in both storeys; all the windows are sashes. On the sides are doorways with mouldedarchitraves and pediments.[45]
A house, formerly one of a pair, by Walter Scott, it is ashlar-faced with a rusticated ground floor and a Welsh slate roof in Classical style. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay entrance front. The central doorway has an architrave and an entablature with a sculpted lion. On the street front are two bays, the left projecting forward and containing a segmental bay window. The windows are sashes, and at the top of the house is a balustradedparapet.[46]
An ashlar-faced house with a Welsh slate roof by Walter Scott in Tudor Gothic style. It has a single storey at the front with a basement at the rear, and an asymmetrical plan. The entrance front has a projecting gabled wing with a Perpendicular window, and steps leading up to an arched doorway. On the right side are three gables and a cantedbay window. There are elaborate chimney stacks.[47][48]
A pair of stuccoed houses with a Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys, and a four-bay front, the bays divided by full-height pilasters. The entrances are on the sides, they are approached up steps, and have mouldedarchitraves and fanlights. The windows are sashes.[49]
A house, later used as offices, in stone with a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and a basement, and a symmetrical five-bay front. The central doorway has a Doric porch, and the windows are sashes. The ground floor windows are round-headed; those in the upper floor have entablatures on brackets, the central window being pedimented.[51]
A pair of stone houses with a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys and attics. The entrances are on the sides, and each house has a two-bay front. The central bays are gabled with wavy bargeboards and project forward, each containing a cantedbay window. The other windows are sashes.[52]
A pair of stone houses with a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys and attics. The entrances are on the sides, and each house has a two-bay front. The central bays are gabled with wavy bargeboards and project forward, each containing a cantedbay window. The other windows are sashes.[53]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses with a concrete tiled roof in two storeys and with a six-bay front, the central two bays projecting forward. The doorways are on the sides, the left doorway having an architrave with fluted shafts. At the rear are seven bays and a central pediment.[37][54]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses, the ground floor rusticated, with a Welsh slate roof. They are in two storeys with basements, and each house has a three-bay front. Each has a central doorway approached by steps, with a fanlight, an architrave, and an entablature. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor having cast iron colonettes, and in the upper floor with architraves and entablatures. Between the floors is a rose frieze, and at the top of the house is a modillion cornice. The railings, walls, and gate piers are included in the listing.[55]
A stuccoed brick house with a Welsh slate roof in three storeys and three bays. The doorway is in the left bay, it is round-headed with recessed Doric engaged columns and a blind fanlight. The windows are sashes.[56]
The lodge is in the centre of the park, and is ashlar-faced with a concrete tiled roof. It is in two storeys, and has three bays and a single-storey entrance block containing a doorway with an architrave. The ground floor is rusticated, and the windows are sashes. At the top is a balustradedparapet and corner flutedfinials.[57][58]
A pair of stone shops. the ground floor rusticated, with a Welsh slate roof. They have three storeys, and a seven-bay front. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor being round-headed, and flanking doors. The windows in the middle floor have architraves, and the central window has a segmental pediment.[59]
A stuccoed house with a Welsh slate roof by Walter Scott. It has two storeys and a symmetrical front, with each house having two bays. The gabled outer bays project forward, and each contains a cantedbay window with a parapet. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor having mullions and round heads.[60]
An ashlar-faced house with a Welsh slate roof by Walter Scott. It has two storeys and a symmetrical five-bay front. The ground floor is rusticated, with steps leading up to a central Doricportico. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor are round-headed, in the upper floor they have architraves with entablatures, and the central window is pedimented. At the top of the house is a mouldedcornice and a central pediment.[61][62]
A pair of houses by Walter Scott, partly stuccoed, and partly pebbledashed, with a Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys, and each house has a two-bay front. The outer bays project forward, are gabled, and contain a cantedbay window in the ground floor, and above a window in a round-headed architrave and with a balcony. The entrances are on the sides, with fanlights and architraves, above which are a pair of windows with mask keystones, lion corbels, swags, and a balcony.[63]
A pair of stone houses with a Welsh slate roof by Walter Scott in Italianate style with two storeys and a basement. The entrance front has three bays with a Doric porch and a balustradedparapet. At the rear are five bays, with a cast iron balcony on the ground floor, and a stone balcony on the upper floor carried on square columns. The windows are sashes.[37][64]
An ashlar-faced house, later divided, with a Welsh slate roof, by Walter Scott in Gothic style. It has two storeys with attics, and consists of one long range, a shorter parallel range, and a gabled wing. The windows are mullioned, and the gable on the west side is surmounted by an octagonal lantern.[61][65]
Four stone gate piers at the Ashville Road entrance to the park flanking the main and side gates. They have shallow panels and pyramidal copings.[57][66]
Originally a lodge to Birkenhead Park, later used as a house, it was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. The house is in stone with a Welsh slate roof, and is in picturesque Tudor style. It is in two storeys with an L-shaped plan, and has a gabledbay on the left and a projecting gabled porch. In the bay is a projecting mullioned and transomed window, above which is a two-light window. Above the doorway is a dormer.[68]
Four ashlar gate piers at the Park Drive entrance to the park flanking the main and side gates. They have incised panels, shallow pyramidal caps, and a modillion cornice.[57][69]
Five ashlar gate piers at the Park Road South entrance to the park flanking the main and side gates. They have panels, shallow pyramidal copings, and a modillion cornice.[57][70]
Five ashlar gate piers at the Park Road West entrance to the park flanking the main and side gates. They have moulded panels, shallow pyramidal caps, and a modillion cornice.[57][71]
A pair of ashlar gate piers with incised panels and shallow pyramidal copings at the entrance to the park on Ashfield Road. Between them are plain cast iron gates, and flanking them are cast iron railings with spear-heads, mounted on a low stone wall.[57][72]
The lodge is at the Park Road West entrance to the park and was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. It is in stone with a lead roof, in two storeys and with an asymmetrical plan. The lodge consists of a series of towers, one of them an octagonal staircase tower. The windows are mullioned and transomed. The tower, chimneys, and parapet are all castellated.[57][73]
The lodge is at one of the Park Road South entrances to the park and was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. It is in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, it has an L-shaped plan, and has two storeys. The main front is symmetrical in three bays with a central gabled porch, flanked by mullioned windows, and with gabled dormers above.[57][74]
The lodge is at one of the Park Road South entrances to the park and was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. It is ashlar-faced, has a Welsh slate roof, and is in Italianate style. The lodge has two storeys, and a complex plan, including a three-stage tower in the style of Osborne House with an open arcade in the top stage. There is a round-headed door in the tower, and the windows are sashes.[57][75]
The lodge is one of a pair at the Park Road North entrance to the park and was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. It is ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof. The lodge is symmetrical with a two-storey central block, and projecting single-storey wings. The entrance is recessed, and has flutedDoric columns and a plain entablature. The windows have been renewed and have architraves.[57][76]
The lodge is one of a pair at the Park Road North entrance to the park and was designed by Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson. It is ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof. The lodge is symmetrical with a two-storey central block, and projecting single-storey wings. The entrance is recessed, and has Doric columns and a plain entablature. The windows have been renewed and have architraves.[57][77]
Standing by the lake in the park, the upper storey was originally intended to be a bandstand. It is built in stone and consists of a square pavilion with a segmental arch to the boathouse, above which is an arcaded and pilastered storey and a pantile roof.[57][78]
Originally two houses, later divided into flats. It is ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and is in Italianate style. The house has three storeys and eight bays. The central two bays project forward, they contain a porch with three arcades, above which is a balustradedparapet. The windows are sashes. The gate piers and railings in front of the house are included in the listing.[79]
A footbridge over the lake leading to an island, it is mainly in timber with stone abutments, and a red tiled roof carried on wooden columns. Along the sides are parapets decorated with scallops, chevrons, and bulls' eyes.[57][80]
A terrace of six houses, later used as offices, by James Gillespie Graham. They are ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and in four storeys with basements, and 19 bays. The outer houses project forward and have engaged Doric columns in the upper storeys; the inner houses have Doric porches. The windows are sashes, and the railings in front of the houses are included in the listing.[13][81]
A pair of stone houses with Welsh slate roofs by John Hay in Tudor style. They have two storeys with attics, and are loosely symmetrical. At the rear are projecting gabledbays containing cantedbay windows, and in the central bays are sash windows and a first-floor cast iron balcony. In the roof are gabled dormers.[37][83]
An ashlar-faced house by Walter Scott in two storeys. It has a symmetrical front with three bays separated by pilasters. The central doorway has a mouldedarchitrave with an entablature decorated with scrolls. The windows are sashes, those in the ground floor having three lights and pediments. At the top is a moulded cornice and a parapet.[84]
Originally a house by Walter Scott, later remodelled for use as a Masonic Temple. It is ashlar-faced, in two storeys, and has a four-bay front, the bays divided by pilasters. Steps lead up to an entrance on the side, the doorway having an architrave. The upper storey windows have architraves and keystones flanked by scrolls. At the top is a modillion cornice, a panelled parapet, and urn finials on the corners.[61][85]
The church, which stands on an island site, was designed by C. E. Lang in Early English style, and completed in 1858 by Walter Scott. It is built in stone with a Welsh slate roof, and consists of a nave, aisles, transepts, a chancel, and a northwest steeple. The steeple has a three-stage tower with buttresses, and a spire with lucarnes. At the west end of the church is a rose window, and there are flying buttresss between the transepts and the nave.[19][86]
A pair of stone houses with a Welsh slate roof, in two storeys and attics. The entrances are on the sides, and each house has a two-bay front. The central bays are gabled with wavy bargeboards and project forward, each containing a cantedbay window. The other windows are sashes.[87]
The entrance to the park was designed by Lewis Hornblower and modified by Joseph Paxton. It is in stone and consists of three arches flanked by lodges. The central arch is the largest, with unflutedIonic columns, and an attic with a coat of arms and the date. Within the arches are cast iron gates. The lodges have two storeys and three bays, with sash windows and balustradedparapets.[88][89][90]
A pair of houses by Walter Scott in picturesque Gothic style. They are ashlar-faced with Welsh slate roofs. The houses are at right angles to each other, with two storeys and an irregular plan. Features include gables, one of which is crow-stepped, and some with fretted bargeboards, mullioned windows with hood moulds, and a cantedbay window. Between the houses is a single-storey castellated block.[91]
A brick house with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof, it is in Tudor style. The house has an asymmetrical plan with two storeys and attics, and has a front of four principal bays. There are two large gables and two smaller ones, and a two-storey bay window. The doorway is arched with a fanlight, the gable containing a coat of arms. The windows are mullioned.[37][94]
A terrace of six ashlar-faced shops with Welsh slate roofs in Italianate style. They have three storeys and attics, and a front of 14 bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and above, are sash windows. Those in the middle floor have entablatures on consoles, and in the top floor they have rose corbels.[95]
A terrace of six ashlar-faced shops with Welsh slate roofs. They have three storeys and attics, and a front of 18 bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts and a central segmental archway. Above, the windows are sashes, those in the middle storey having entablatures on brackets, and in the top floor with architraves.[96]
The dock was designed by J. M. Rendel. It is built in sandstone and has cast iron furniture, including bollards. It is the only substantially surviving part of Rendel's original plan, and the dock is partly filled in.[99][100]
Designed by Lewis Hornblower, the pavilion is in brick with a Welsh slate roof and has a single storey. In front of it is a timber verandah carried on cast ironCorinthian columns. This has three gables, with a clock in the apex of the central gable, and the date 1846, the date of the founding of the club. It is one of the earliest surviving cricket pavilions in the country.[102][103]
A pair of roughcast houses with a hipped Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys, and a symmetrical front with two bays to each house and the entrances on the sides. The outer bays each contain a cantedbay window, and the other windows are sashes.[104]
Originally a house, later a shop and a house. It is ashlar-faced with a Welsh slate roof, and has three storeys, two bays on Argyll Street and three on Prince Street. On Argyll Street is a shop front, the ground floor of Prince Street is rusticated and contains a doorway. The windows are sashes.[105]
A row of three stuccoed brick shops with a Welsh slate roof. They are in three storeys, with six bays on Argyll Street and five on Market Street. The ground floor in Argyll Street contains shop fronts, and on Market Street there are round-arched windows and a doorway. In the upper storeys are sash windows.[106]
A row of seven brick shops with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. They are in three storeys, with twelve bays on Argyll Street and five on Lorn Street. There are shop fronts in the ground floor and sash windows above.[107]
A pair of brick houses with Welsh slate roofs in two storeys with attics. They have a four-bay front, the outer bays projecting forward with bay windows and Dutch gables. The windows are sashes, those in the upper floors having architraves. In the gables are round-headed windows, and in the centre bays are round-headed gabled dormers.[37][108]
A pair of ashlar-faced shops with a Welsh slate roof in four storeys and two bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and above are sash windows, those in the first floor having entablatures on brackets. Between the top floors is a large cornice.[110]
A row of four shops and a public house, in brick with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. They have three storeys, each shop has a two-bay front, and the central public house has four bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts and the windows and entrances of the public house. The floors above contain sash windows.[111]
A terrace of six houses with a Welsh slate roof. They have two storeys with attics and basements. The outer pairs of houses project forward under a gable, and each house has a cantedbay window. The central two houses have doorways and mullioned windows on the ground floor, and dormers in the roof. Most of the other windows are sashes.[112]
A group of four brick houses with concrete tiled roofs, in two storeys with attics. Six bays face Whetstone Lane, and six face Park Grove. On the Whetstone Lane front is a gabled wing with a three-light casement window in the ground floor, two mullioned and tramsomed windows with balconies in the upper floor, and two segmental windows in the attic.[113]
Originally two houses, later used for other purposes, it is built in stone with Welsh slate roofs, and is in Italianate style. The building has two storeys and a symmetrical plan. On the Hollybank Road face the outer bays project forward and are gabled, and between them are bay windows and a fretted parapet. The entrances are on the sides, each with a porch and a fretted parapet. At the rear are four bays, the central two having pedimented gables, and containing cast iron balconies.[114]
A pair of ashlar-faced houses, later used for other purposes, with a concrete tiled roof. They have two storeys, and the front is symmetrical, each house having three bays with a central doorway. The doorway has an architrave, and the windows are sashes.[115]
A terrace of eight shops and houses with Welsh slate roofs in an L-shaped plan. They have three storeys; there are ten bays on Bridge Street, six bays on Hamilton Street, and a curved bay on the corner between them. In the ground floor are shop fronts and doorways, and above are sash windows in mouldedarchitraves with entablatures. At the top of the building is a moulded cornice and a parapet.[116]
A public house, remodelled in about 1910. It has three storeys, the ground floor is in glazed brick and tiles, and the upper storeys in painted brick, and there is a Welsh slate roof. The building is on a corner site with five bays on Price Street, three bays on Adelphi Street, and a corner bay containing a blocked entrance. The ground floor windows are etched, and stained with Art Nouveau motifs, and the windows in the upper floors are sashes.[117]
The dry dock is cut out of natural red sandstone, it is reinforced by sandstone piers, and has its original wrought iron gates. The dock is 400 feet (121.9 m) long, with stepped sides. On the walls are bollards and cobbles. It is important because a number of historical ships were built in it.[119]
Originally Oxton Road Congregational Church, it was designed by William Cole, and is built in stone with a Welsh slate roof. The church consists of a nave and a large tower. The tower has clasping buttresses rising to truncated pinnacles, an arched doorway with a hood mould, and an embattledparapet. In the nave are Decorated windows, and over the doorway is a rose window.[120][121]
A house, later used as a nursing home, in red brick with blue brick diapering and a Welsh slate roof, and in Gothic style. It has two storeys, and consists of a three-bay left range and a right gabled wing. In the left range is an oriel window under a gable with bargeboards and a pendant finial. In the right wing is a cantedbay window. All the windows are sashes with mullions and have arched heads.[122]
Originally a house, later used as a nursing home, in red brick with white brick decoration, and a Welsh slate roof. It is in Gothic style with two storeys and has an asymmetrical plan. The entrance is to the right of centre in a gabledbay that contains a projecting, gabled porch. The windows are arched, and there is a gabled dormer to the right of the entrance bay.[123]
A terrace of houses later converted into flats, they are ashlar-faced with a tiled roof, and are in Italianate style. The terrace has three storeys, the outer bays projecting forward with pediments, and containing cantedbay windows with pierced parapets. The other windows are sashes.[124]
The drinking fountain near the main entrance to Birkenhead Park is in the form of an obelisk. It is in polished granite, and stands on a pedimentedplinth surrounded by steps. There is an inscription on the plinth, and the drinking bowls have been damaged.[125]
A former public house and shop remodelled from an earlier 19th-century building, it is in brick with glazed tiles in the ground floor and a Welsh slate roof. The building has three storeys, with six bays on Albion Street, four on Market Street, and an angled bay on the corner. The ground floor contains doorways and fixed windows. The windows above are sashes, those in the middle floor having shallow pediments.[126]
Originally a vicarage, later used as offices, it is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. The building has three storeys with a symmetrical three-bay front. In the centre is a projecting porch with a cast iron and stone parapet. The windows are sashes, and in the top storey are segmentally-headed dormers. The panelled gate piers with shallow pyramidal caps, the low walls, and the railings are included in the listing.[127]
The water tower is cylindrical, and is topped by an iron tank. The tower is in sandstone, and has two storeys. Each storey contains round-headed windows, and these are separated by Doricpilasters in the lower storey, and engaged columns above. To the south is a square chamber, also with round-headed windows.[131][132]
A stone building with various functions, including in 1894–1906 the studio of Della Robbia Pottery. It has two storeys, with the ground floor rusticated, a five-bay front, and a 20th-century slatemansard roof. There are inserted openings in the ground floor, and round-arched windows above.[133]
The chapels were designed by Lucy and Littler, and consisted of a symmetrical range, with chapels at the outside and central cloisters and a steeple. Each chapel has a nave, an aisle, porch, and an apsidal end; they are now roofless. The steeple had a two-stage tower with an archway, now blocked, a rose window, a clock, angle pinnacles, and a broach spire, which has been truncated.[134][135]
The office and lodge were designed by Lucy and Littler, and are in stone with a Welsh slate roof in picturesque Gothic style. They have an asymmetrical plan, and are in one and two storeys. The south front has three bays, with a central tower over the entrance porch. On the tower is a timber flèche with a wrought ironfinial.[134][136]
The entrance was designed by Lucy and Littler. It is in stone, and has four stone gate piers flanking main and side gates. The piers are polygonal with stepped tapering caps, and between them are cast iron gates. The wall to the left incorporates a drinking fountain with a cast iron bowl and a niche with a gable. To the right the wall includes an arched doorway leading to the office.[137]
The gateway was designed by Lucy and Littler, it is in stone, and consists of two arches. The larger arch has a stepped gable, the gates are missing, and it has been partly blocked. The smaller arch to the left has a steep coped gable, and contains cast iron gates. Between the gateways is a niche containing a granite basin on a decorative corbel.[138]
Originally a pair of houses, later divided into flats, in brick with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and a three-bay front. The entrances are on the sides, with timber porches and a bay window above. The outer bays are gabled and contain bay windows. In the centre bay are three-light windows, and also on the front are balconies.[139]
The gateway was designed by Lucy and Littler, it is in stone, and consists of four stone gate piers flanking main and side gates. The piers are polygonal with stepped tapered caps and finials, and are decorated with inscribed quatrefoils. The gates are cast iron, and have twisted shafts, arrowheads, and scroll-work.[140]
The gateway was designed by Lucy and Littler, and consists of a main gate and a side gate. These are flanked by polygonal stone piers with stepped tapered caps and finials. Between them are cast iron gates with twisted shafts and arrow heads.[141]
The lodge designed by Lucy and Littler, is in stone. It has an L-shaped plan, it is in 1+1⁄2 storeys, and has a porch with a mouldedarchitrave approached by steps in the angle between the ranges. In the gable adjacent to it is an oriel window, with two windows above. The other gable has paired windows and a quatrefoil.[142]
The dock gateman's hut at Tower Road is believed to have been constructed about 1866 at the same time as Alfred Dock, and was most probably designed by J. B. Hartley, the son of the famous dock engineer Jesse Hartley. The 150th building in Birkenhead to be listed.[143]
The pillar box was designed by John Penfold. It is in cast iron with a hexagonal plan, and it stands on a moulded base. Around it are bands, and at the top is a cornice, an ogival cap decorated with petals, and an acorn finial.[144]
A range of four sandstone sheds with a Welsh slate roof. They are in a single storey and contain wide openings. In the gabled end walls are segmental arches and circular ventilation windows. The cross walls rise above the roof line. These are the only stone transit sheds in Merseyside.[99][145]
The public house is in three storeys, it has a tiled ground floor and stuccoed brick above. There are seven bays on Conway Street, four bays on Camden Street, and an angled bay on the corner. In the ground floor are round-headed doorways and windows, between which are pilasters with embossed decoration. Above are sash windows, those in the middle floor having architraves with entablatures on brackets.[146]
The statue of John Laird was executed by Albert Bruce Joy. It consists of a pedestal in polished granite with a bronze figure of Laird, standing and holding plans for Birkenhead Docks. On the pedestal is an inscription.[13][147][148]
A brick shop with a Welsh slate roof in three storeys and a single bay. In the ground floor is a shop front, and above are three-light sash windows in mouldedarchitraves.[149]
Built as the North and South Wales Bank, and later used for other purposes, it was designed by J. P. Seddon. The building is in sandstone with a Westmorlandslate roof in Gothic style. It has two storeys and attics, with a projecting gabledbay on the left, and two bays to the right. There are two doorways, the right doorway is in a projecting porch, and the windows are divided by shafts.[25][150]
The former town hall was designed by C. O. Ellison, it was damaged by fire in 1901 and restored by Henry Hartley. The building is in stone with a granite basement and a Welsh slate roof. On the front is a projecting portico with Corinthian columns and an entablature flanked by staircases. The building has a central tower with clock faces, and surmounted by a copper dome with a finial.[120][151]
The court house by T. D. Barry and Sons is ashlar-faced and is in Classical style. It has a high basement and three bays, the central bay being recessed. The entrance in the basement is flanked by atlantes. In the central section above are pairs of Corinthian columns, mullioned and transomed windows, and oculi. At the top are a modillion cornice, two lantern towers, and a parapet with sculpted figures.[152][153]
The pumping station was designed by James Brunlees and Charles Douglas Fox to pump water from the tunnel of the Mersey Railway. It is in brick with a Welsh slate roof, and in Italianate style. The building has three storeys and six bays, and contained two grasshopper beam engines. An external stair tower was added in about 1989. The boundary walls are included in the listing.[155]
The meeting house with integrated caretaker's house was designed by G. E. Grayson in Arts and Crafts style with vernacular features. It is built in red brick and roughcast with sandstone dressings, and has a tile roof. The meeting hall has one storey, and the caretaker's house has two, some windows are mullioned, others are mullioned and transomed, and there are dormer windows. Other features include gables, quoins, and buttresses.[120][156]
The former bank is in brick with stone dressings and a Westmorlandslate roof in free Classical style. It has two storeys with an attic, and stands on a corner site with two bays on the left, three bays on the right, and an angled bay between. The angled bay contains the doorway, it is flanked by banded Ionic columns carrying a segmental pediment. Other features include a modillion cornice, sash windows, stone balustrades, and dormers.[157]
A former school by T. W. Cubbon in Edwardian Baroque style. It is built in red brick and orange terracotta and has a Westmorlandslate roof. The building has three storeys and a front of 18 bays in seven blocks. The central block has a balcony, a Venetian window, a large segmental pediment, a Mansard roof, and a turret with an octagonal cap. The flanking blocks include turrets with statues in niches.[158][162]
Commercial premises in three storeys and a basement, with a front of four bays. The ground floor is in rusticated stone. It contains a doorway on the right with Doric columns and a pediment, and a smaller doorway to its right. To the left are three windows with segmental heads, voussoirs, and keystones. The upper storeys are in brick with stone dressings and contain sash windows.[163]
The former post office, by Walter Pott, is in stone and brick, and has a Welsh slate roof. It has three storeys, with five bays on Argyll Street, two bays on Grange Street East, and an angled bay on the corner containing the entrance. Features include a rusticated ground floor, Ionicpilasters, pedimented windows, and a balustradedparapet.[164][165]
The war memorial consists of a cenotaph in Portland stone with carvings in Westmorland stone, designed by Lionel Budden, and sculpted by H. Tyson Smith. It has a rectangular plan and stands on three steps. The sides contain carved panels, with the names of those who died in the two World Wars, and with female figures. The top of the memorial is in the form of a sarcophagus.[167][168]
The ventilation station for the Queensway Tunnel was designed by Basil Mott and John Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse as engineer, to contain large fans. It has a steel frame faced in brick, and consists of a large tower flanked by geometric blocks. The tower is decorated with projecting bricks forming a cross on the side, and by bands of brick near its top. On the doors are chevrons.[169][171]
The ventilation station for the Queensway Tunnel was designed by Basil Mott and John Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse as engineer, to contain large fans. It has a steel frame faced in brick, and has massive twin towers. The doors have chevron bands and architraves with wing motifs, and the towers have quoins, blind lancets and geometrical ribbed decoration.[169][172]
The ventilation station for the Queensway Tunnel was designed by Basil Mott and John Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse as engineer, to contain large fans. It has a steel frame faced in brick, with a tower rising as a series of blocks. The doors are decorated with chevrons and scallops, their architraves have wing motifs, and the tower has a giant cross motif and a frieze of recessed panels.[169][173]
The library is clad in Portland stone with red brick at the rear, it has a hipped roof of Norwegian slate, and the well is clad in white tiles. It is in Neoclassical style, and has a front block of two storeys with a basement. In the centre is a projecting central bay with a giant prostyledistyleTuscanportico and an inscribed frieze. Above the doorway is a balustraded balcony with a coat of arms, and the central bay is flanked by six-bay wings. Behind the entrance is a single-story lending library.[152][175]
The structure had the dual purpose of commemorating the building of the Queensway Tunnel and providing lighting for it. It was designed by Herbert J. Rowse, and has been moved from its original position. It stands on a white ashlar base and consists of a shaft 60 feet (18.3 m) high carrying a lighting bowl. The shaft has a core of reinforced concrete, overlaid with black granite, and the bowl is in gilded bronze and glass. On the base of the shaft are inscriptions.[169][176][177]
A pair of K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, they have three unperforated crowns in the top panels (one kiosk moved to Price St in 2018).[178]
A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[179]
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