54 and 56, Wallgate is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Town house. 1 related planning application.
54 and 56, Wallgate
- WRENN ID
- shifting-zinc-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 54 and 56, Wallgate, WN1 1BA
- OS grid reference
- SD 581 054
- Coordinates
- 53.54442, -2.63342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
54 and 56 Wallgate is a small town house that has been converted into a café. It likely dates from the early 18th century and was later altered in the 19th century for use as a shop. The building features painted brick in Flemish bond on the first floor and has a slate roof. It has a two-unit plan with a back extension and stands two low storeys tall with two windows, topped by a moulded wooden eaves cornice.
The ground floor showcases large 19th-century shop windows, consisting of three and two arched lights, and a recessed entrance on the right. This entrance is flanked by panelled side walls and framed by central and terminal pilasters that feature raised round-headed panels and elaborate consoles adorned with scallops and garlands. These support a prominent modillioned cornice with ball finials at the ends. The upper floor contains horned sashed windows, with the right window featuring stained glass. A large full-width signboard with painted lettering reading "AD POOLES 1847" is mounted on the front slope of the roof.
Inside, the woodwork is designed in a simple early Mackintosh style. The building forms a group with the adjoining No. 52, the Victoria Hotel.
Local climate
54 and 56, Wallgate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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