Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Gatekeeper's lodge. 2 related planning applications.

Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping Dock

WRENN ID
nether-entrance-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Gatekeeper's lodge
Address
Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping Dock, L3 4BU
OS grid reference
SJ 345 892
Coordinates
53.3964, -2.98573
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatekeeper’s lodge, built in 1856 and designed by Jesse Hartley, stands at the entrance to Wapping Dock. It is constructed from granite rubble with battered sides, a chamfered plinth, and a corbelled cornice. The lodge has a short, oval spire topped with a cornice and chimney. Architectural features include a window, an entrance, a gate slot, and a blind arrow slit motif. Originally, it was accompanied by flanking gate piers.

Local climate

Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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