Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1974. Offices. 4 related planning applications.
Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices
- WRENN ID
- other-cobble-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1974
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices, 21, South Quay, NR30 2RG
- OS grid reference
- TG 524 072
- Coordinates
- 52.60414, 1.72629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices, built in 1909 by Olley & Haward, is located at 21 South Quay in Great Yarmouth. This building features a red brick structure with a knapped Quarry and Quaternary flint facade, dressed with Lincolnshire Limestone, and has slate roofs.
The exterior showcases a three-storey facade that culminates in a gable facing the street, with a three-window arrangement. The central entrance bay is narrow, topped with a hood supported by brackets and an arched head. There are arched windows on either side of the entrance. Above the entrance, a frieze displays the legend: "Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices." The first floor has three cross casements with keystones set within segmental heads. The attic storey features a tripartite casement, with the central window having a segmental arch above it. The gable-head is made of chequered stone and flint, rising to an arched apex that displays the date 1909 and a relief representation of a steamship. The main gable has north and south gable-end stacks, while the south return wall is constructed of 16th-century brick.
Inside, the ground floor front offices include glass and timber partitions, which feature the cash office for the payment of port dues. The staircase is designed in a Jacobean style, with a closed string, splat balusters, and moulded square newels. The first-floor front room serves as the boardroom, featuring small-framed panelling and a ribbed plaster ceiling with simple geometric patterns.
Local climate
Port and Haven Commissioners' Offices receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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