Brimstage Hall and Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1962. A C14 House, tower. 4 related planning applications.
Brimstage Hall and Tower
- WRENN ID
- watchful-transept-blackthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1962
- Type
- House, tower
- Address
- Brimstage Hall and Tower, Brimstage Road, CH63 6JA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 304 827
- Coordinates
- 53.33662, -3.04633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brimstage Hall and Tower is a historic house located on Brimstage Road in Bebington. The tower dates to around 1398 and is likely a tower house, with later extensions from the 16th century and a north wing added in the 19th century. The building is constructed of stone and features a slate roof.
The three-stage tower includes slot windows, corbelled machicolations, and early 19th-century iron railings at the stair head. There is an elliptical-headed stair entrance on the north side, flanked by two windows with two lights and single-chamfered mullions. Inside, the ground floor room has a two-bay rib vault supported by half and quarter octagonal shafts. A corbel in the south-west angle is said to represent either a lion from the Domville arms or a Cheshire cat. One of the vault bosses features three twined fish, which may represent the Hulse arms or a symbol of the Trinity.
The north-east spiral staircase includes garderobe chambers; the third stage has an original stone latrine, while the second stage features a 19th-century mahogany-cased water closet. The west wall shows evidence of a demolished wing and includes some double-chamfered-mullioned windows. The 19th-century wing has an east facade with three bays, including a gabled projecting bay and a re-entrant porch bay, with casement windows. The third bay shows signs of original mullioned windows on either side, and the projecting bay has a canted bay window. The rear of the building includes the wing and some sash windows, along with a large stack on the left return of the projecting bay, which is possibly from the 16th century, and an interior stone fireplace. The ground floor room of the tower is believed to have served as a chapel.
Local climate
Brimstage Hall and Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 4 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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