North and South Inner Piers Adjoining to East of Inner North Dock is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Pier.
North and South Inner Piers Adjoining to East of Inner North Dock
- WRENN ID
- little-bastion-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Pier
- OS grid reference
- NZ 435 494
- Coordinates
- 54.83822, -1.32413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The north and south inner piers, located to the east of the Inner North Dock in Seaham Harbour, were constructed around 1828 to 1835 by William Chapman, with later revisions by Rennie and Telford. These piers are built from very large blocks of dressed Penshaw sandstone, some measuring up to 2.5 meters in length. The north pier features an extension to the east, while the south pier, which is shorter, has slightly battered walls that rise to approximately 7 meters in height. The south-east entrance is marked by a pair of cast-iron mooring posts and a 19th-century capstan. The south pier has been partly rebuilt in the late 20th century.
Local climate
North and South Inner Piers Adjoining to East of Inner North Dock sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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