Listed buildings in Tranmere, Merseyside

Tranmere is a suburb of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It contains seven buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[1] The area is partly residential and partly industrial. The listed buildings consist of two churches, a house, a cross shaft, and a drinking fountain.

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Tranmere Cross 53°22′29″N 3°01′29″W / 53.37467°N 3.02483°W		15th century (probable)	The cross fragment in Victoria Park is in stone. It consists of a chamfered shaft on a chamfered base, standing on three steps. The cross was erected on its present site in 1937.[2][3]
St Catherine's Church 53°22′47″N 3°01′32″W / 53.37980°N 3.02553°W		1831	The church was originally in brick. In 1873–76 J. Francis Doyle added a chancel and transepts in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, the original part becoming the nave. A northeast steeple was added in 1879; this consists of a two-stage tower with a stair turret, on top of which is an embattled parapet and a broach spire with lucarnes. The windows are in Decorated style.[4][5]
307 Old Chester Road 53°22′23″N 3°00′55″W / 53.37313°N 3.01523°W	—	c. 1840–50	A stuccoed house with a Welsh slate roof in two storeys and four bays. The first three bays are symmetrical and have a central doorway with a gable over the middle bay. The porch extends as a verandah over the ground floor square bay windows. The other windows are casements, and the right bay is flat-roofed.[6]
Church of St Paul with St Luke 53°22′27″N 3°00′56″W / 53.37407°N 3.01561°W		1854–55	The church was designed by W. and J. Hay, and is built in red sandstone with Welsh slate roofs. It consists of a nave, transepts, a chancel with a south vestry, and a large steeple to the north of the chancel. The steeple consists of a tower with angle buttresses, one containing a stair turret. On the top of the tower are angle pinnacles, and a broach spire with lucarnes. The windows are in Decorated style.[2][7]
Drinking fountain 53°23′06″N 3°00′51″W / 53.38493°N 3.01404°W		1886	The drinking fountain is set into the wall of the former Tranmere abattoir. It is in copper-coated cast iron and has a fluted terracotta canopy. It consists of a basin fed by a lion's-head spout on a half-column. Under this is a dog basin fed by two lion's-head spouts. There is an inscription above the upper spout.[8]
St Joseph's Church 53°22′43″N 3°01′51″W / 53.37872°N 3.03081°W	—	1899–1900	A Roman Catholic church by Edmund Kirby in Early English style. It is a long church, built in Ruabon brick with terracotta dressings, and it has a Westmorland green slate roof. The church consists of an eleven-bay nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel, and chapels. At the west end of the nave are buttresses rising to turrets, between which are three stepped lancet windows.[9][10]
Byrne Avenue Baths 53°22′13″N 3°00′51″W / 53.37030°N 3.01428°W		1931–33	The swimming baths were designed by Robert W Johnston in Classical style with Art Deco features. They are built in reinforced concrete, with dressings in red brick and yellow concrete and a slate roof. The baths have a rectangular plan with a central entrance hall and two pools. Many of the original internal features have been retained. The boundary wall, railings and gates are included in the listing.[11]

References

Citations

1. Historic England
2. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 161
3. Historic England (1201739)
4. Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 160
5. Historic England (1292231)
6. Historic England (1201561)
7. Historic England (1218587)
8. Historic England (1396432)
9. Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 160–161
10. Historic England (1407367)
11. Historic England (1419854)

Sources

• Historic England, "Tranmere Cross (1201739)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2014
• Historic England, "Church of St Catherine, Tranmere (1292231)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2014
• Historic England, "No. 307 Old Chester Road, Tranmere (1201561)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2014
• Historic England, "Church of St Paul with St Luke, Tranmere (1218587)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2014
• Historic England, "Drinking fountain at the former Tranmere Abattoir (1396432)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 November 2014
• Historic England, "Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph, Tranmere (1407367)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 November 2014
• Historic England, "Byrne Avenue Baths, including boundary wall, railings and gates, Tranmere (1419854)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 November 2014
• Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 3 April 2015
• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6