Dock Retaining Walls, South Ferry Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Walls.

Dock Retaining Walls, South Ferry Basin

WRENN ID
calm-pinnacle-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Walls
Address
Dock Retaining Walls, South Ferry Basin, L3
OS grid reference
SJ 344 886
Coordinates
53.39026, -2.98677
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dock retaining walls at South Ferry Basin were built in 1821. They are made of sandstone and feature granite copings, with an opening that leads to the river.

Local climate

Dock Retaining Walls, South Ferry Basin 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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