Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Water tower. 2 related planning applications.
Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- open-brass-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir, Boundary Road, CH43 7PE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 294 890
- Coordinates
- 53.39318, -3.0631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower at Flaybrick Reservoir, built between 1860 and 1865, is a notable structure located in Birkenhead. It is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone and topped with an iron tank. The tower is cylindrical and has two storeys, featuring Doric pilasters on the ground floor and engaged columns above. A doorway faces west, and the ground floor includes windows, some of which are blind. There is a cornice above the ground floor. To the right, a square chamber with four bays has round-headed windows and blind arcading on the west elevation, along with pilasters and a blocking course.
Local climate
Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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