The River View is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Public house, row of houses. 1 related planning application.
The River View
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Public house, row of houses
- Address
- The River View, 16, Chester Street, CH41 5DQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 327 890
- Coordinates
- 53.39397, -3.01247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The River View, formerly known as the Queen's Arms Public House, is a public house and a row of three houses built around 1840. The structure features stucco over brick with roofs made of Welsh slate and concrete tiles. It stands three stories tall, with a seven-window range facing Bridge Street and a four-window range on Chester Street, connected by a curved corner.
The Bridge Street elevation is highlighted by full-height pilasters above rusticated stucco on the ground floor. There is a recessed four-panelled door with an overlight at the corner, along with an inserted window to the right. The Chester Street side has a doorway flanked by a canted bay window and a three-light pub window to the right, with a four-pane sash window to the left. Another doorway is located at the left-hand end. The basement area of the public house is enclosed by spearhead cast-iron railings.
On the Bridge Street side, there are paired doors with overlights set within a simply moulded architrave, accompanied by paired shafts. An inserted canted bay window and a doorway in an architrave with paired shafts can also be found to the right. The upper windows consist of 12-pane sashes, with alternate windows featuring moulded architraves and pediments, including one tripartite sash. The attic has six-pane sashes, some of which are now missing. The building is topped with a moulded cornice and parapet, and axial stacks are present. These buildings were once part of a longer terrace that has since been partially demolished.
Local climate
The River View 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 — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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