Royal Pier and Entrance Building is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1980. A Victorian Public building. 6 related planning applications.

Royal Pier and Entrance Building

WRENN ID
grey-newel-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1980
Type
Public building
Period
Victorian
Address
Royal Pier and Entrance Building, Town Quay, City of Southampton
OS grid reference
SU 417 109
Coordinates
50.89617, -1.40776
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Pier and Entrance Building, opened in 1833 by Princess, later Queen, Victoria, is a notable structure featuring cast iron piers with wooden flooring and later iron railings. The building has undergone some alterations, including partitions added in the later 19th century. The entrance, which is an early 20th-century addition, is a two-storey stuccoed design topped with a dome that has a pineapple finial. It includes band windows, console brackets, and stylised flambeaux. The building is adorned with a parapet and a dentil cornice, and features Ionic columns and sash windows. The ground floor showcases engaged Tuscan columns and a bowed entrance projection.

Local climate

Royal Pier and Entrance Building receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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