Latitude: 53.3894 / 53°23'21"N
Longitude: -3.0096 / 3°0'34"W
OS Eastings: 332950
OS Northings: 388532
OS Grid: SJ329885
Mapcode National: GBR 7YF7.6Q
Mapcode Global: WH87D.R21G
Plus Code: 9C5R9XQR+P4
Entry Name: Number 4 Dry Dock
Listing Date: 13 January 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292032
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389242
ID on this website: 101292032
Location: Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41
County: Wirral
Electoral Ward/Division: Birkenhead and Tranmere
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Birkenhead
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: Birkenhead Christ the King
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
BIRKENHEAD
SJ3288NE LAIRD'S OLD YARD 789-1/14/94 No.4 Dry Dock 13/01/87
II*
Dry dock. c1857. Red sandstone with wrought-iron gates. 400' long dock cut out of natural rock with stepped profile and reinforced by sandstone piers. Dock walls topped with cobbles and bollards. Original iron dock gates. The dock where a number of famous ships were built, including the Confederate Navy raider Alabama launched in 1862 and sunk off Cherbourg in 1864. This structure receives its starred status by virtue of its important historical associations.
Listing NGR: SJ3295088532
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