38 40, Devonshire Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. A 19th century House.
38 40, Devonshire Road
- WRENN ID
- waiting-frieze-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1992
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SJ 306 883
- Coordinates
- 53.38785, -3.04485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of houses located at 38 and 40 Devonshire Road in Birkenhead, built in 1853 by Charles Reed. They are constructed of brick with stone dressings and feature a Welsh slate roof, showcasing a simple Italianate style. The buildings are two stories high and have a six-window range, with side entrances set in projecting porches that have shallow wings recessed behind. Each house has slightly advanced outer gables with bay windows that feature interlace circle decoration on the parapet, and a tripartite sash window above. The central range includes paired four-pane sash windows for each dwelling, with stressed keystones that connect to a cornice above. There are end wall and axial stacks. These houses are part of the original development in Claughton, which was laid out by Reed for Sir William Jackson during the 1840s and 1850s.
Local climate
38 40, Devonshire Road 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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