Leasowe Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1952. Lighthouse. 5 related planning applications.
Leasowe Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- endless-hall-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wallasey MP: Dame Angela Eagle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1952
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Leasowe Lighthouse, Leasowe Common, Moreton, CH46 4TA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 252 912
- Coordinates
- 53.41318, -3.12578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leasowe Lighthouse is a disused lighthouse built in 1763, as indicated by the datestone that reads "M W G/1763" (William Gregson, Mayor of Liverpool). It was constructed for the Liverpool Docks Committee and features cavity brickwork. The lighthouse is a tapering cylinder that stands seven storeys tall. It has segmental-headed windows on the south-east and south-west sides, which are now blocked. There is a blocked rectangular opening on the north side that has a plain balcony, likely altered from its original design. The segmental-headed entrance on the south-east side has the datestone above it. This lighthouse was used for navigation alongside another lighthouse that has since been demolished and operated until 1908, but it no longer contains any machinery. Leasowe Lighthouse is a relatively early example of its kind.
Local climate
Leasowe Lighthouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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