Number 4 Dry Dock is a Grade II* listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1987. Dry dock.

Number 4 Dry Dock

WRENN ID: half-string-pearl
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Wirral
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 January 1987
Type: Dry dock
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3288NE LAIRD'S OLD YARD 789-1/14/94 No.4 Dry Dock 13/01/87

II*

Dry dock. c1857. Red sandstone with wrought-iron gates. 400' long dock cut out of natural rock with stepped profile and reinforced by sandstone piers. Dock walls topped with cobbles and bollards. Original iron dock gates. The dock where a number of famous ships were built, including the Confederate Navy raider Alabama launched in 1862 and sunk off Cherbourg in 1864. This structure receives its starred status by virtue of its important historical associations.

Listing NGR: SJ3295088532

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