Sugar Silo is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. A Post-War Industrial. 1 related planning application.
Sugar Silo
- WRENN ID
- moated-facade-frost
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Industrial
- Period
- Post-War
- Address
- Sugar Silo, 173, Regent Road, L20 8DY
- OS grid reference
- SJ 339 934
- Coordinates
- 53.43406, -2.99639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sugar Silo, built between 1955 and 1957, is a notable structure designed by Tate and Lyle's Engineering Department and constructed by Cementation Ltd. It is made of reinforced concrete with a pre-stressed concrete floor and features a parabolic tunnel vault in a rectangular shape, consisting of 12 sections, each with 6 external ribs. The silo is loaded via conveyor belts that run along the top of the building. Both ends are also made of ribbed reinforced concrete and include windows and doors.
Inside, the silo is a single unbroken space with a central channel in the floor that contains hoppers for reclaiming sugar, which then drops onto a conveyor belt in a tunnel beneath. The smooth sides of the vault have a plimsoll line marked along them to guide operatives in loading the silo. This structure is a rare and impressive example of a reinforced concrete parabolic tunnel vaulted storage silo.
Local climate
Sugar Silo sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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