Royal Buildings with Attached Verandah is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1972. Commercial building.
Royal Buildings with Attached Verandah
- WRENN ID
- heavy-timber-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- OS grid reference
- SD 333 171
- Coordinates
- 53.64636, -3.00984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Buildings with attached verandah, located at 127-133 Lord Street in Southport, is a commercial building dated 1883, as indicated in its pediment. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a slate roof, and features a verandah made of cast iron and glass, designed in a classical style with a parallelogram plan.
The exterior consists of three storeys and an eight-window range, arranged symmetrically. It includes pilasters, sill bands on both upper floors, and a band below the upper floor inscribed with the words "ROYAL BUILDINGS." A moulded cornice with a blocking course and a wide central pediment enhances the façade. The ground floor showcases shop fronts that are protected by an elaborate five-bay verandah, supported by cast-iron columns and decorated with foliated brackets. Above the verandah is a frieze with lettering, and the central bay features a shallow gabled design with an arched stained glass overlight inscribed with "T.R.HIGHTON." The flanking bays are adorned with gabled open-work cresting.
On the upper floors, round-headed windows are arranged in pairs, with those on the first floor linked by a moulded impost band that extends across as dentilled transoms. The pediment is highlighted by a large roundel flanked by decorative carving, including the date 1883. The building has gable chimneys, with the one on the left being cut down.
The interior has not been inspected. This building forms a group with the adjoining properties at Nos. 137-141 to the right.
Local climate
Royal Buildings with Attached Verandah sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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