Dock Traffic Office is a Grade I listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. Dock office. 24 related planning applications.

Dock Traffic Office

WRENN ID
empty-zinc-shade
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1952
Type
Dock office
Address
Dock Traffic Office, Albert Dock, L3 4AX
OS grid reference
SJ 341 898
Coordinates
53.40149, -2.99207
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dock Traffic Office, located at Albert Dock, was built between 1846 and 1847 by architect Philip Hardwick, with the top storey added by Jesse Hartley in 1848. This historic dock office is constructed of brick with stone dressings and stands three storeys high, with a basement, featuring a total of 5 x 7 bays. The windows are designed with gauged brick flat arches and are sashed with glazing bars. A notable feature is the tetrastyle Tuscan portico, which includes a frieze, entablature, and pediment made of iron, complemented by a brick tympanum. The building also has a cornice, four windows in the attic, a stone parapet, and paired battered stacks that connect with arches.

Local climate

Dock Traffic Office 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.

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