Entrance to Mersey Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Tunnel entrance. 1 related planning application.
Entrance to Mersey Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-quartz-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- Tunnel entrance
- Address
- Entrance to Mersey Tunnel, Old Haymarket
- OS grid reference
- SJ 346 907
- Coordinates
- 53.40922, -2.9838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance to the Mersey Tunnel, along with its retaining walls and lodges, was constructed between 1925 and 1934 by Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie, with Herbert J. Rowse as the architect. The structure is made of Portland stone. Originally designed with an axial and symmetrical layout, this has been obscured by later alterations. The lodges, which resemble triumphal arches, are located on either side of the main axis, while the tunnel entrance features a broad segmental arch. Both the retaining walls and the tunnel entrance include some Art Deco ornamentation and sculpture, although much of this is now partly hidden. The lodges are tall and cubic, characterized by fluted buttresses and additional Egyptian Art Deco decoration.
Local climate
Entrance to Mersey Tunnel 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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