Rock Ferry is a suburb of Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It contains 36 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". The area is residential, and developed originally as a private estate by Jonathan Bennison in 1836–. Most of the listed buildings are large houses and associated structures built in this development. The other listed buildings are a slipway into the River Mersey, a sea wall, a swimming baths and two churches.
Name and locationPhotographDateNotesRock Ferry Slipway1820The slipway is thought to be the earliest surviving solid structure to be built into the River Mersey, and is about long. Its surface consists of sandstone and granite setts. On the sides are large sandstone blocks, iron rings, and timber bulwarks. The slipway is no longer in use.Sea wall to EsplanadeThe wall between the Esplanade and the sea is in stone, and is about high.1 and 2 Rock ParkA pair of ashlar-faced houses with a hipped Welsh slate roof in Italianate style. They have two storeys with basements, and each house has a two-bay front. The entrances are on the sides and have porches with parapets. The windows are sashes with a variety of surrounds. The walls, railings, and gate piers with (moulded caps are included in the listing.3 and 4 Rock ParkA pair of ashlar-faced houses with a Welsh slate roof in two storeys with attics and basements. Each house has a three-bay front, the outer bays being gabled, and a further wing on the outsides. The entrances are on the sides with projecting porches. At the rear are canted bay windows with cast iron balconies. The walls and cylindrical gate piers with fluted caps are included in the listing.5 and 6 Rock ParkA pair of stone houses with Welsh slate roofs in Elizabethan style with a complex plan. No. 5 is in two ranges with one storey facing the road and two facing the river. No. 6 has two parallel ranges with three storeys and three bays facing the river. The octagonal gate piers with stepped pyramidal caps are included in the listing.7 Rock ParkA roughcast house with a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays with a central entrance. The windows are sashes. At the rear is a canted oriel window with a gable above.8 and 9 Rock ParkA pair of stuccoed houses with a Welsh hipped slate roof in Neoclassical style. They have two storeys with attics and basements, and each house has a three-bay front. The doorways are in the central bay of each house, and have fanlights and architraves with triglyph friezes and balustraded cornices. Most of the windows are sashes, and all have architraves. Recessed on the outer side of each house is a service wing, and at the rear are canted bay windows.10 and 11 Rock ParkPair of houses. Stucco, rusticated to ground floor, with Welsh slate roof. Italianate style. 2 storeys with attic and basement, symmetrically-designed with central porch occupying angle between main range and advanced outer gables and 3-window range to each house, the outer bays forming advanced gables.12 and 13 Rock ParkA pair of rendered houses with Welsh slate roofs in Gothic style with two storeys. On the front are three wide gables with two smaller gables between. Under the smaller gables are doorways with sidelights, fanlights, and with traceried windows above. The other windows are mullioned and transomed. To the right of No. 13 is a recessed bay with a conservatory in the angle.14 and 15 Rock ParkA pair of rendered houses with a rusticated ground floor and Welsh slate roofs in Italianate style. They have two storeys, attics and basements, and each house has a three-bay front, the outer bays projecting forward under gables. The porch is in the middle bay; this and the ground floor windows are round-headed, as are the attic windows. No. 14 has an additional outer bay. At the rear are canted bay windows and balconies. The square gate piers with shallow pyramidal caps are included in the listing.16 and 17 Rock ParkA pair of ashlar-faced houses with a Welsh slate roof in Neoclassical style. They have two storeys, and each house has a three-bay front, the outer bays having hipped gables. In the centre of each house is a two-storey porch with a pyramidal roof, and a lean-to verandah. The windows are sashes. At the rear are canted bay windows and balconies on cast iron columns. The gate piers with shallow pyramidal caps are included in the listing.18 Rock ParkAn ashlar-faced house with a rusticated ground floor and a hipped Welsh slate roof in Neoclassical style. It has two storeys and a four-bay front. The central doorway has a fanlight and a pediment. The windows are sashes, those in the lower floor with architraves.