The Old Warps, in Victoria Park is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Mansion. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Warps, in Victoria Park

WRENN ID
silent-pedestal-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1975
Type
Mansion
Address
The Old Warps, in Victoria Park, Knutsford Road
OS grid reference
SJ 617 879
Coordinates
53.38714, -2.57653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Warps, located in Victoria Park, is an early 19th century mansion that now serves as the Borough Maternity Home. It is set within extensive grounds that form part of a public park adjacent to a loop of the River Mersey. The building features a stucco exterior and a slate roof with hips, a parapet, and a wooden eaves cornice. It is two storeys tall with a slight central projection that includes a pediment and pilasters at the corners. The main entrance consists of two-panel double doors flanked by sidelights, topped with a segmental-arched fanlight that has glazing bars, and is sheltered by a porch supported by two pairs of Ionic columns. There are six windows on the ground floor and seven above, most of which are new casements.

Local climate

The Old Warps, in Victoria Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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