2 and 4, Little Crosby Road is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1973. Cottage.

2 and 4, Little Crosby Road

WRENN ID
late-tower-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1973
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
SD 320 013
Coordinates
53.50399, -3.02642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

2 and 4 Little Crosby Road are a pair of cottages with an attached lean-to, likely built in the early 19th century in two phases and altered over time. The cottages are constructed of red brick, with No. 2 featuring English garden wall bond and No. 4 in Flemish bond. They have graduated stone slate roofs and brick chimneys, while the lean-to is made of random rubble with quoins and a Welsh slate roof. The buildings have a linear layout, with No. 2 on the right having a single-depth plan and a parallel back-extension to the first bay, along with the lean-to at the angle. No. 4 on the left has a double-depth plan, both being double-fronted, and the lean-to is attached to the left end of No. 4.

The exterior consists of two low storeys with four windows arranged in a 2+2 pattern, separated by a vertical joint. No. 2 has a square-headed doorway slightly offset to the right, featuring a stone lintel and a 20th-century half-glazed door, flanked by two square two-light windows on each floor. No. 4 has segmental-headed openings with brick voussoirs, including a doorway slightly offset to the right of center with a board and half-glazed door, flanked by three-light small-paned windows on both floors. The ground floor windows have small top-hung casements in the center lights, while the upper windows have central casement openings. A large lean-to without openings is attached to the left gable wall of No. 4.

The cottages contribute to the character of the Little Crosby Conservation Area, which features a valuable group of buildings of similar scale but with varied dates, materials, and styles.

Local climate

2 and 4, Little Crosby Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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