38-50, Argyle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Terrace of shops. 4 related planning applications.
38-50, Argyle Street
- WRENN ID
- plain-barrel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1992
- Type
- Terrace of shops
- Address
- 38-50, Argyle Street, CH41 6AF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 323 888
- Coordinates
- 53.39255, -3.01818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of seven shops built around 1850 as a single development on Argyle Street in Birkenhead. The building is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof. It is three storeys high and has a twelve-window front. The corners feature stone quoins, and the detailing is in stone. The shop fronts date to the late 19th century and have been altered, but retain their fascia supported by heavy console brackets. The upper windows are 12-pane sashes with flat-arched, gauged brick heads, some of which have been renewed. Stone sill bands and a moulded eaves cornice are present. The building has axial stacks. The return elevation to Lorn Street is five bays and includes four blocked round arched windows, one of which was formerly a doorway. The angle where Argyle Street meets the Lorn Street property is curved and slightly recessed. Renewed ridge stacks replace the originals.
Local climate
38-50, Argyle Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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