Inner North Dock Walls is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Dock walls. 2 related planning applications.
Inner North Dock Walls
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-landing-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Dock walls
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 44 NW SEAHAM SEAHAM HARBOUR
4/37 Inner North Dock Walls
II
Walls of excavated inner north dock. c.1825-30 by William Chapman with contemporary revisions by Rennie and Telford. Large dressed blocks of Penshaw sandstone with tooled and margined faces. Trapezoidal plan enclosing an area of about one hectare. Slightly battered pier walls to north, east and west are c.8 metres high and retain some C19 cast-iron standards for chain railings. Retaining wall to south c.15 metres high with flight of steps at south-west corner. Narrow dock entrance to south-east with 2 hydraulically-operated gates of wood and 2 flanking mooring posts of cast-iron. 2 mooring posts of wood in centre of dock basin. Attached dock wall to south-west of dock entrance not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ4327849494
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