Former Dock Entrance to Meysey Road Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Tunnel entrance.

Former Dock Entrance to Meysey Road Tunnel

WRENN ID
scattered-rafter-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1992
Type
Tunnel entrance
Address
Former Dock Entrance to Meysey Road Tunnel, Rendel Street
OS grid reference
SJ 320 894
Coordinates
53.39704, -3.02387
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former dock entrance to the Mersey Road Tunnel in Birkenhead is a disused structure built between 1931 and 1934. Designed by engineers Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie, with architecture by Herbert J. Rowse, it is constructed from white Portland stone. The entrance features retaining walls that mark the approach on either side of the tunnel portal, with low terminal blocks at each end. The design is in a Moderne style with Egyptian detailing. The tunnel entrance is adorned with a low relief shield flanked by winged beasts above it. The retaining walls have a scalloped cornice and are built on a curve to each side. The terminal blocks are stepped in plan and battered in section. Additionally, there are narrow bands of windows and stone grid-work with a ribbed cornice band that includes an arrow motif in low relief.

Local climate

Former Dock Entrance to Meysey Road Tunnel 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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