The Dell is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1987. Rock pool feature. 3 related planning applications.
The Dell
- WRENN ID
- crooked-flue-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1987
- Type
- Rock pool feature
- Address
- The Dell, Sefton Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 380 875
- Coordinates
- 53.38133, -2.93213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dell is a series of rock pools, also known as The Fairy Glen, dating from around 1870. It is constructed from rough sandstone blocks and slabs, serving as a "spring" for the Boating Lake. The uppermost pool is approximately 25 feet wide, with banks rising up to 12 feet high on the northern side. This pool features overhanging slabs that create waterfalls. The outflow from this pool is directed through three smaller pools of a similar design. The Dell is likely a feature of the original design and was certainly proposed by the designers, Andre and Hornblower.
Local climate
The Dell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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 — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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