Toxteth Reservoir, Retaining Walls and Corner Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Reservoir, tower. 2 related planning applications.

Toxteth Reservoir, Retaining Walls and Corner Tower

WRENN ID
errant-crypt-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Reservoir, tower
Address
Toxteth Reservoir, Retaining Walls and Corner Tower, High Park Street, L8 8DX
OS grid reference
SJ 359 881
Coordinates
53.3867, -2.96489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Toxteth Reservoir features a retaining wall and corner tower built in 1855, likely designed by T. Duncan. The structure is made of snecked stone and has a battered wall with a top roll moulding, measuring approximately 53.5 meters by 67 meters. The main facade includes an entrance with a studded door located at the right-hand end, above which is a plaque featuring the Liver bird. The round tower above the entrance has broaches, slits, and a corbelled top.

Local climate

Toxteth Reservoir, Retaining Walls and Corner Tower 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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