Central Dry Dock/ Sand Southend Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1998. Dry dock. 4 related planning applications.

Central Dry Dock/ Sand Southend Wharf

WRENN ID
open-railing-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1998
Type
Dry dock
Address
Central Dry Dock/ Sand Southend Wharf, Humber Street
OS grid reference
TA 101 282
Coordinates
53.7394, -0.33209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Central Dry Dock, located at Southend Wharf on Humber Street, is a dry dock that was originally built around 1820 and later extended around 1875 for ship repair. It is constructed of ashlar stone with some concrete repairs. A long battered breakwater wall runs along the west side of the River Hull, which is topped with a later brick wall. The dock features a pointed end to the north and has stepped sides made of ashlar, with some areas patched in concrete. There are 20th-century iron gates at the south entrance. This dock was initially built for Gleadow's Shipyard and was used for constructing new wooden boats before being extended to accommodate the repair of larger iron ships.

Local climate

Central Dry Dock/ Sand Southend Wharf receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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