Gateway to the former Liscard Battery in New Brighton by Auto Locksmith
Gateway to the former Liscard Battery
Grade II listed gateway, dated 1858.
Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. Entrance archway with 4-centred head and continuous double-chamfered mouldings has datestone above. Top corbelled embattled parapet. Flanking octagonal towers have slots and cornices with embattled parapets. Formed entrance to Liscard battery, built to defend the approaches to Liverpool on the site of powder magazines.
Created: 6 April 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Gateway to the former Liscard Battery
Local History around Gateway to the former Liscard Battery
There are some historic monuments around including:
Birkenhead PrioryStanding cross at the Harkirke 8m north west of the chapelStanding cross in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross at WoodchurchStanding cross at the junction of Green Lane and Water Street.
