23 and 24, Windy Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1965. House. 3 related planning applications.
23 and 24, Windy Bank
- WRENN ID
- half-gutter-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP: Justin Madders (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1965
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SJ 337 846
- Coordinates
- 53.3548, -2.99741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
23 and 24 Windy Bank are a pair of houses built in 1907 by Grayson and Ould. They are constructed from common brick with red brick and stone dressings, topped with a slate roof featuring a tile ridge. The buildings are two storeys high and consist of three bays, with the first bay projecting under a gable. The end bay forms a projecting round tower topped with a short octagonal spire.
The houses have a weathered red brick base and a continuous hood mould at the first floor. The first bay features red brick tumbling-in to the gable, complete with kneelers and a top panel. The end bay has a stone drip mould and a brick cornice. The windows are small-paned casements; the ground floor windows consist of four lights with elliptical-headed brick tympana and stone and brick surrounds, while there are similar round-headed lights to the left. The tower includes a two-light window with red brick jambs and a gauged-brick flat arch with a key. The first floor of the first bay has a window similar to that below, while the second bay features a three-light dormer in a crow-stepped gable with a keyed roundel to the left. The tower's first floor has a round-headed light.
The entrance has an elliptical head and a plank door with three lights. There is one cross-axial stack and two rear stacks. The left return has an entrance and a crow-stepped dormer, while the right return mirrors the first bay. The rear is similar, constructed of red brick.
Local climate
23 and 24, Windy Bank 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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