Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. Ventilation station. 4 related planning applications.

Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel

WRENN ID
proud-eave-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wirral
Constituency
Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1980
Type
Ventilation station
Address
Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel, Pacific Road
OS grid reference
SJ 329 894
Coordinates
53.39741, -3.01041
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel, located on Pacific Road in Birkenhead, was built between 1925 and 1934. Designed by engineers Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie, with architectural input from Herbert Rowse, this structure features a steel frame clad in brick. It consists of a series of geometric blocks arranged around a large central tower. The main tower is decorated with projecting brick courses that form a cross, while the tops of each block are highlighted with stepped and nogged brick courses. The base is accentuated by brick bands that create a rusticated appearance. The tower's base includes doors adorned with chevron decoration. This station houses large fans used for ventilation and is the largest of three towers located on the Birkenhead side of the tunnel.

Local climate

Ventilation Station of the Mersey 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Transit Sheds to South East of Morpeth Branch Dock Grade II 110 m
  2. Booking Hall of Ferry Terminal Grade II 237 m
  3. Former Police Booth and Gate Piers at Woodside Lairage Entrance to Birkenhead Docks Grade II 237 m
  4. Morpeth Dock Grade II 379 m
  5. Hamilton Square Station Grade II 387 m
  6. The River View Grade II 406 m
  7. 24 26 28, Hamilton Street Grade II 443 m
  8. Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel Grade II 454 m
  9. 19 21, Argyle Street Grade II 463 m
  10. Former Mews Grade II 488 m