Hydraulic Tower at Wapping Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Hydraulic tower. 2 related planning applications.

Hydraulic Tower at Wapping Dock

WRENN ID
lapsed-bracket-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Hydraulic tower
Address
Hydraulic Tower at Wapping Dock, L3 4BW
OS grid reference
SJ 345 892
Coordinates
53.39631, -2.98617
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The hydraulic tower at Wapping Dock, dated 1856 and designed by Jesse Hartley, is a notable structure. It features a battered granite rubble base with a Tudor-arched opening. The upper part of the tower is octagonal and constructed of brick, accented by rusticated stone quoins. The date is incised at the top of the east face. At the top, there is a battlemented parapet set on granite machicolation. To the rear, there is a one-storey granite block that includes Tudor-arched windows and an entrance, along with a later brick gable.

Local climate

Hydraulic Tower at Wapping Dock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping Dock Grade II 31 m
  2. Former Warehouse at Wapping Dock Grade II* 81 m
  3. 66 Bridgewater Street Grade II 209 m
  4. Baltic Fleet Public House Grade II 260 m
  5. Wapping Basin Grade II 323 m
  6. Scandinavian Seamen's Church (Gustaf Adolfs Kyrka) Grade II* 386 m
  7. Heap's Rice Mill Grade II 388 m
  8. Dock Retaining Walls, Dukes Dock Grade II 421 m
  9. Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse Quay Grade II 469 m
  10. Dock Retaining Walls, Salthouse Dock Grade II 524 m