Grand Entrance Gateway with North and South Lodges is a Grade II* listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A Nineteenth Century Gateway, lodges. 1 related planning application.
Grand Entrance Gateway with North and South Lodges
- WRENN ID
- fallen-crypt-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Gateway, lodges
- Address
- Grand Entrance Gateway with North and South Lodges, Park Road North, CH41 4EZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 313 891
- Coordinates
- 53.39448, -3.03322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grand Entrance Gateway with north and south lodges, located on Park Road North in Birkenhead, was constructed in 1847 by L. Hornblower and J. Robertson for Sir Joseph Paxton. This significant structure features a grand triple archway with segmental arches, supported by full-height coupled Ionic columns that extend across the adjoining lodges. The central gate has an attic displaying the date of construction. The cast-iron gates complement the design. Each lodge, identical in appearance, has a single 12-pane sash window on each floor facing northeast. The principal elevations of the two lodges face inward toward the drive and consist of two storeys with three bays divided by pilasters. Each lodge has a central four-panelled door set in an architrave, raised on steps, along with 12-pane sash windows. The lodges are topped with a balustraded parapet and are flanked by spearhead railings. Curved walls on either side enhance the northeast elevation.
Local climate
Grand Entrance Gateway with North and South Lodges 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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