40 and 42, Devonshire Place is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. House. 4 related planning applications.
40 and 42, Devonshire Place
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cinder-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- 40 and 42, Devonshire Place, CH43 1TU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 303 883
- Coordinates
- 53.38737, -3.0487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses dating to circa 1850, likely designed by Charles Reed, are situated on the north side of Devonshire Place in Claughton, Birkenhead. Constructed of brick with stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof, the houses were built according to a double-depth, two-room plan with side entrances.
The buildings are two storeys and symmetrical, featuring four bays. They possess full-height, canted bays on the exterior, incorporating sash windows and remnants of a cast iron balcony on the first floor. An entablature tops the façade and carries a cartouche. The central bay has a full-height, pedimented gable, detailed with pilasters, and a tripartite window on the ground floor. A 12-pane sash window sits above this, accompanied by a cast iron balcony. Renewed doorways are present on the side elevation. The building has overhanging eaves.
These houses were part of the initial development of Claughton, planned by Charles Reed for Sir William Jackson and beginning around 1844.
Local climate
40 and 42, Devonshire Place 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 — 10 transactions since 1997
- 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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