Gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1985. Gate.

Gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1985
Type
Gate
Address
Gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks, Waterloo Road
OS grid reference
SJ 336 915
Coordinates
53.41643, -2.99975
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks, designed by J. Hartley, dates from the 1830s. It features two square, battered stone piers with rusticated bases and gabled caps adorned with acroteria. The original gates have been removed, and 20th-century railings have been added.

Local climate

Gate to Victoria and Trafalgar Docks 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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