Watchman's Hut on Canning Island is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Hut.

Watchman's Hut on Canning Island

WRENN ID
distant-tower-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Hut
Address
Watchman's Hut on Canning Island, Canning Half Tide Dock
OS grid reference
SJ 339 899
Coordinates
53.4018, -2.99514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The watchman's hut on Canning Island was built in 1844 by Jesse Hartley. It is constructed from granite rubble and has an octagonal shape with battered sides. The roof is corbelled and features a chimney that replaces the original urn finial. The hut includes seven chamfered windows and an entrance.

Local climate

Watchman's Hut on Canning Island 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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