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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- Ventilation station
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3289 PACIFIC ROAD 789-1/9/113 (North West side) 10/10/80 Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel (Formerly Listed as: PACIFIC ROAD Woodside Ventilation Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel)
GV II
Ventilation station for the Mersey Road tunnel. 1925-34. Sir Basil Mott and J.A. Brodie, engineers, Herbert Rowse, architect. Steel framed with brick cladding. Composed of a series of geometric blocks grouped around giant main tower. Decoration provided by nogged projecting brick courses on main tower in the form of a cross, the tops of each block stressed with bands of stepped and nogged brick courses. Brick bands give a rusticated effect to base. Doors with chevron decoration in tower base. Houses giant fans used in ventilation, the largest of a series of 3 towers on the Birkenhead side of the tunnel.
Listing NGR: SJ3291089433
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