32, 34 and 36, Argyle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
32, 34 and 36, Argyle Street
- WRENN ID
- second-pedestal-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1992
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 32, 34 and 36, Argyle Street, CH41 6AE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 324 889
- Coordinates
- 53.3929, -3.01795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located at 32, 34, and 36 Argyle Street in Birkenhead, is a row of three shops dating from around 1850. It features a stucco exterior over brick and has a Welsh slate roof. The structure is three storeys high and has a six-window range. The Argyle Street elevation has late 20th-century shop fronts that include brackets and remnants of an older cornice above the late 20th-century fascias.
On the Market Street side, there is a five-bay return with a moulded fascia supported by brackets, along with round-arched doors and windows. The first-floor windows are sashes, many of which have been renewed in their original openings. These windows are framed by moulded architraves with keyblocks and a continuous sill band. The building is topped with a moulded cornice and parapet, and it has gable and axial stacks.
Local climate
32, 34 and 36, 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 — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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