Hydraulic Tower to West of Former North Warehouse, Stanley Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Tower.

Hydraulic Tower to West of Former North Warehouse, Stanley Dock

WRENN ID
winding-forge-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
SJ 336 921
Coordinates
53.42202, -3.00006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The hydraulic tower, located to the west of the former North Warehouse at Stanley Dock, is a structure likely built around 1848. It is constructed from rubble granite and features a tall octagonal shape topped with a castellated design and a round chimney. The tower includes arrow slit openings. Attached to the tower is a five-bay block that has a Tudor-arched entrance and windows, although the parapet has been altered.

Local climate

Hydraulic Tower to West of Former North Warehouse, Stanley 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.

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