2, Park Road South is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.

2, Park Road South

WRENN ID
standing-cornice-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1974
Type
House
Address
2, Park Road South, CH43 4UX
OS grid reference
SJ 311 886
Coordinates
53.39045, -3.0366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Park Road South is a house dating from around 1840 to 1850, currently used as offices. It is constructed of ashlar stone, with the ground floor featuring a channelled design and a roof made of Welsh slate. The building has two storeys and a basement, with a five-window range and a central entrance. The entrance features paired round arched doors set within a Doric portico. The ground floor windows are round arched recessed 4-pane sashes, complete with an impost band. The upper windows are adorned with entablatures supported by brackets, and the central window has a pedimented head. The eaves overhang, showcasing a moulded wood cornice, adds to the architectural detail.

Local climate

2, Park Road South 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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