Masonic Temple is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Masonic temple. 2 related planning applications.
Masonic Temple
- WRENN ID
- long-pillar-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Masonic temple
- Address
- Masonic Temple, 27, Clifton Road, CH41 2SF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 320 882
- Coordinates
- 53.38659, -3.0238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Masonic Temple, originally a dwelling, was built around 1845 and later remodeled for its current use. Designed by Walter Scott, the building features an ashlar-faced exterior with a roof that is not visible behind the parapet. It has two storeys and four symmetrical bays, which are divided by full-height pilasters topped with egg-and-dart capitals. A side entrance is accessed by steps leading to a projecting porch with a hipped roof. The doorway has a heavy plain architrave, and the lower storey includes four renewed wood mullioned and transomed windows. The principal storey at the first floor level has windows set in moulded architraves, each adorned with scrolls beside the keyblock. Above, there is a heavy modillion cornice with a panelled parapet and urn finials at the corners. The roof features two conical metal vents, and there are stacks on the rear wall. This building was part of the original development of Clifton Park, which was designed by Scott as a villa estate.
Local climate
Masonic Temple 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 — 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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