4 5, Cavendish Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1992. Residential. 1 related planning application.
4 5, Cavendish Road
- WRENN ID
- outer-lime-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1992
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 4 5, Cavendish Road, CH41 8AX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 306 892
- Coordinates
- 53.39596, -3.04367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses dated circa 1840-50, likely designed by Walter Scott, situated in Birkenhead. The houses are part of the original development surrounding Birkenhead Park, laid out between 1843 and 1847 by Joseph Paxton. Constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof, the buildings exhibit a symmetrical double-depth plan, each with two units, featuring paired central gables and entrance halls in the outer bays. Recessed outer gabled ranges extend to the left. Segmentally arched doorways are framed by stone architraves with mullioned overlights and include side lights, with small stair windows positioned externally. The principal rooms within the gabled bays are characterized by three-light mullioned windows, framed by stone architraves and hood moulds, to both the ground and first floors, with smaller windows at the apex. Recessed outer gables feature four-light mullioned and transomed windows on the ground floor, paired two-light windows above. Decorative diaper work is visible in the brickwork. Axial stacks are present, incorporating diagonal shafts.
Local climate
4 5, Cavendish Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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