The Royal Terrace Pier, Including the Pavilions Flanking the Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1971. Pier. 10 related planning applications.
The Royal Terrace Pier, Including the Pavilions Flanking the Entrance
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-courtyard-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1971
- Type
- Pier
- Address
- The Royal Terrace Pier, Including the Pavilions Flanking the Entrance, Royal Pier Road, Gravesham, DA12 2BQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 651 744
- Coordinates
- 51.44491, 0.37458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Terrace Pier, including the pavilions flanking the entrance, is now the headquarters of the Pilotage Service. Built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company at a cost of £9,200, it was designed by John Baldry Redman, Civil Engineer. The pier has a T-shaped construction made of cast iron, supported by three rows of three columns at the shore end and three rows of five columns under the T-portion, featuring a triglyph frieze above. The shore end is flanked by small pavilions made of coursed stone with quoins, a cornice, and a base of dressed ashlar. Each pavilion has a small turret, with the west turret having been enlarged. The rest of the pier has been roofed over at a later date. At the angle of the T is a light turret. Beyond the T-platform, there is a floating pontoon for embarkation, which is accessed by steps. Notably, Princess Alexandra, who later became Queen, landed here on March 7, 1865, upon her arrival to marry the Prince of Wales.
Local climate
The Royal Terrace Pier, Including the Pavilions Flanking the Entrance sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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