Stone Shelter to South of St Georges Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Shelter.
Stone Shelter to South of St Georges Church
- WRENN ID
- deep-steel-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Shelter
- Address
- Stone Shelter to South of St Georges Church, Thornton Common Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 304 809
- Coordinates
- 53.32091, -3.04559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone shelter located to the south of St. George's Church was built between 1906 and 1907 by J. Lomax-Simpson. It is constructed of stone and features a stone slate roof. The shelter has a hexagonal plan with clasping buttresses and a parapet on a corbel table. There are two gargoyles and a pyramidal roof. The exterior showcases richly moulded round arches supported by round responds. Inside, the shelter has a ribbed dome on angle shafts, banded stone cells, and a central dragon boss. Steps lead down to the road.
Local climate
Stone Shelter to South of St Georges Church 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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