Egerton Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Dock.

Egerton Dock

WRENN ID
keen-jamb-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1992
Type
Dock
OS grid reference
SJ 321 896
Coordinates
53.39886, -3.02149
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Egerton Dock is a dock that opened in 1847, designed by engineer J.M. Rendel. It is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone, featuring some cast-iron dock furniture. The dock has a square shape with stone walls and wharf surfaces, and includes cast-iron bollards. It is the only major surviving element of Rendel's original plan for Birkenhead Docks. In the 1880s, alterations were made when the original lock system, which was meant to connect the dock to a proposed low water basin, was removed. Although the dock is now partially infilled, it is believed to be intact.

Local climate

Egerton Dock 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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