The Hermitage is a Grade II* listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Hermitage

WRENN ID
plain-brass-fern
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1952
Type
House
Address
The Hermitage, St Michael's Church Road, L17 7JQ
OS grid reference
SJ 368 870
Coordinates
53.37612, -2.95024
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hermitage is a house built before 1815 for ironfounder John Cragg. It features a stucco exterior and a slate roof, standing two storeys tall with six bays. The first bay is recessed, while three bays project forward, with a central bay that also projects. The windows on the first floor of the three projecting bays have two cusped lights and label moulds, while the other windows are either sashed or have casements. The entrance has a four-centred head. To the left, in front of the recessed bay, there is a delicate Gothic verandah made of cast iron.

Local climate

The Hermitage 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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