I spent a couple of hours exploring this area a few days ago. Although I knew of its existence, I never really knew much about it.
It’s bounded roughly by Borough Rd., Whetstone Lane and Clifton Rd., although the conservation area is smaller. Many of the houses are Grade 2 listed. It started as a select area for business people in the 1840’s, with some large houses on Clifton Road.
There is a wide variety of houses in the area, from large detached to small terraced. Kelly’s Directory of 1900 shows a range of occupations, mostly professionals but also some shop workers; I can’t see any “labourers”.
Unfortunately, quite a few of the original houses have been demolished and replaced by flats; I suspect that most of the remaining large houses are now sub-divided and rented.
There’s lots of information about conservation areas in Wirral here:
apart from the fine buildings. Notice how clean the roads are {litter free} {dont look on fallen leaves as a road been dirty}its the time of year for fallen leaves.
Ships that pass in the night, seldom seen and soon forgoten
I walk past those houses most days when i pick my son up from school to go to my parents house in Rodney st and think there must be a lot of history in those houses I can remember some of the houses that used to be there before the flats when we were kids we thought they were haunted
