Monument to the Building of the Mersey Tunnel
MONUMENT TO THE BUILDING OF THE MERSEY TUNNEL, CHESTER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217871
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to the Building of the Mersey Tunnel
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO THE BUILDING OF THE MERSEY TUNNEL, CHESTER STREET
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- Reference:
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217871
- Date first listed:
- 10-Aug-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to the Building of the Mersey Tunnel
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO THE BUILDING OF THE MERSEY TUNNEL, CHESTER STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO THE BUILDING OF THE MERSEY TUNNEL, CHESTER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wirral (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 32608 88433
Details
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3288SW CHESTER STREET 789-1/15/43 (West side) Monument to the Building of Mersey Tunnel
GV II
Monument commemorating construction of Queensway (Mersey) Tunnel. 1934. By Herbert Rowse. White ashlar base with polished black granite shaft. Tall fluted shaft on high base with chevron and acanthus decoration in bands at base and top. It is capped by a fluted glass bowl out of which a ribbed cap carries a banded sphere. Base is inscribed with names of the engineer and architect of the tunnel, Sir Basil Mott J.A. Brodie, engineers, Herbert Rowse, architect, together with the names of the construction teams and committees. The monument was designed to occupy an axial position in the tunnel approach but is no longer in its original position.
Listing NGR: SJ3260988433
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 389150
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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