West Dene is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1972. Villa.
West Dene
- WRENN ID
- lunar-copper-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1972
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- West Dene, 39, Park Crescent
- OS grid reference
- SD 349 184
- Coordinates
- 53.65851, -2.98518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Dene is a villa, now serving as a children's home, built around 1870. The building has been altered and enlarged over time. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and features a hipped slate roof, showcasing an Italianate style. The plan of the villa is irregular.
The exterior consists of two storeys above a cellar and has three unequal bays. It features a chamfered stone plinth and a slate canopy over the ground floor, supported by slender curved wooden brackets. There is a first-floor sill band and prominent bracketed eaves. The openings are all round-headed, with most having brick-pilastered surrounds that include stone imposts and vermiculated keystones.
The central bay has a wide doorway, accessed by steps, with a painted stone surround. It includes panelled and glazed double doors with margin panes and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. On the first floor, there is one 1/1 sash window. The left bay is canted to full height and features three 1/1 sashes on both floors. The right bay has a rectangular bay window at the ground floor with three 1/1 sashes, and three similar sashes above.
The villa forms a group with No. 41 to the left, which is of the same design in reflected reversal, and with No. 37 and No. 45 nearby.
Local climate
West Dene sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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