Key Features of the Area

The Kings Gap CA has a long and varied history. From being an important maritime landing point and later a coastal resort it evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries into an affluent seaside suburb.. The area now exhibits a built form of residential dwellings and streets showing a range of classic, gothic, and vernacular revival as well as Arts and Crafts detailing on large, mature plots set against the backdrop of the coast and the Royal Liverpool golf course. There are Grade 2 listed buildings at Hope Church Chapel and the Hoylake lighthouse and keeper’s cottage.

The KGCA abuts the Meols Drive CA which surrounds the historic golf course. Characteristic properties are mainly from the Victorian and Edwardian eras although there are some later less distinguished properties.

The Lighthouse, Valentia Road

Meols Drive is a wide and stately thoroughfare which links the separate towns of Hoyake and West Kirby. Many are of the Arts and Crafts style and show individuality, dignity and style with elaborate use of red brick, clay tiles, sandstone boundary walls and tall chimney stacks in leafy settings. Apart from the fine Grade 2 listed churches of St Andrews and St Hildeburghs and the art deco rail station, a notable building is the Royal Liverpool Golf Clubhouse which dates from 1895.

Royal Liverpool Golf Clubhouse (1895)

The CA boundary extends towards the River Dee at its south end along Lingdale Road and at its north end to the panoramic vista of Red Rocks at the westerly end of Stanley Road. Although compromised by some later modern flat developments, a principal feature is the generous spacing between properties giving frequent views over coast and the open landscape.

The Quadrant