Listed buildings in Prenton


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". Originally a rural area, since the 1920s it has been developed for residential use. Four of the listed buildings are former farmhouses and farm buildings that have been adapted for other uses, and the others are a church and two war memorials.
Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Prenton Hall
Part of a former farmhouse that was remodelled in the 18th century and later divided. It is in stone with a roughcast left side, and has a Welsh slate roof. The house is in two storeys, with two gables, each containing an oculus, facing the road. The entrance is on this front, above it is an entablature, and to the right is a four-light mullioned window. The other windows are sashes.
Lower Farmhouse
Originally a farmhouse, the house is in painted brick with a Welsh slate roof. It has storeys and three bays. The central doorway has an entablature on brackets, and the windows are sashes.
Barn, Lower Farm
Originally a barn and stable, later converted into a public house and restaurant. It is in stone with a Welsh slate roof. The entrance bay projects forward, and to the right is an added gabled porch. Further to the right are the former stables, containing three doors, two windows, and ventilation slots.
Prenton Hall
Part of a former farmhouse, later divided, in stone with a Welsh slate roof, it is in two and three storeys. The main block has a pedimented gable with an oculus facing the road, and attached to it is a lower block containing a doorway, a sash window, and a blind window. The main block also has sash windows and at its rear is a lower roughcast extension.
St Stephen's Church
1896–97The church was designed by C. E. Deacon in Gothic style, and was completed in 1908–09 by Deacon and Horsburgh. It is in stone, with brick internally, and has a tiled roof. The church consists of a nave, aisles, a chancel, and projecting east chapels. The windows are lancets, some of which are stepped and grouped under pointed arches.
Prenton War Memorial
1920The war memorial is set in a garden and is in Yorkshire sandstone. It has a two-stepped coped plinth on which is an octagonal structure with three tiers diminishing in size and with elaborate carving. On the top is a Celtic cross and urns on the corners. On the bottom tier are slate plaques with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the First World War. The middle tier contains panels with open tracery, and the top tier has panels containing bas-relief.
Merchant Marine War Memorial
The war memorial is in granite and is in the form of a drinking fountain. It consists of four blocks of stone, the bottom one being a shaped plinth. The other blocks have carved rope moulding on the corners, and on the south face is a bowl in the form of a ship's prow. On the rear is an inscription commemorating the service of the Merchant Marine in the First World War, above which is a carved roundel.