Town Hall and Front Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Town hall. 3 related planning applications.

Town Hall and Front Wall

WRENN ID
strange-cobble-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Bootle MP: Peter Dowd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1986
Type
Town hall
Address
Town Hall and Front Wall, Oriel Road, L20 7AE
OS grid reference
SJ 340 947
Coordinates
53.44569, -2.99431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Town Hall in Bootle was built in 1882 by J. Johnson. It is constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys with an attic and consists of eight bays. The ground floor is adorned with a frieze and cornice, while the top has an entablature and a panelled parapet. The windows have flat architraves, with most being casements; the first bay has four ground floor windows. The first floor features paired composite pilasters, and a central large round-headed window with small-paned glazing is topped by a segmental pediment, flanked by niches. Below this are panels displaying the arms of Lancashire towns, with a pediment and flanking finials above. The second bay contains a round-headed entrance framed by a Corinthian aedicule and an open pediment featuring the Bootle arms. The second floor window has an elaborate frame.

The two-stage tower has Composite pilasters on the lower stage, which includes round-headed windows. The top stage displays pedimented clock faces, turrets, and a short spire with an octagonal cupola and iron finials. The next three bays feature pedimented dormers, with the third bay being canted. The end three bays have pedimented mezzanine windows and paired first floor windows set between flat pilasters. The low front wall has granite piers that support lamp standards with 20th-century lamps and bollards designed as lighthouses that hold chains. The left return to Trinity Road has seven bays that are similar and a 13-bay later addition; the ground floor exhibits channelled rustication, while the first floor has pilasters. Inside, the main hall is decorated with stained glass windows that display the arms of Lancashire towns.

Local climate

Town Hall and Front Wall 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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