Harbour Walls of Sea Mills Docks is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. A N/A Harbour walls. 4 related planning applications.
Harbour Walls of Sea Mills Docks
- WRENN ID
- fallow-window-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Harbour walls
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Harbour Walls of Sea Mills Docks, Sea Mills Lane, City of Bristol, BS9 1DP
- OS grid reference
- ST 549 759
- Coordinates
- 51.48036, -2.64986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The harbour walls of Sea Mills Docks, built around 1715 to 1720 by John Padmore, are constructed from rock-faced rubble. This site is historically significant as it features the first floating harbour on the River Avon, which has been in use since 1712. It was the third floating harbour in the country, following those in Rotherhithe and Liverpool. The docks served as a whaling station and were utilized by privateers until their closure in 1766.
Local climate
Harbour Walls of Sea Mills Docks receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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