Nelson Dock Patent Slip, Including Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Patent slip. 1 related planning application.

Nelson Dock Patent Slip, Including Gates

WRENN ID
watchful-parapet-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1983
Type
Patent slip
Address
Nelson Dock Patent Slip, Including Gates, Rotherhithe Street
OS grid reference
TQ 365 802
Coordinates
51.50461, -0.03348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nelson Dock Patent Slip, including gates, is a patent slip built in 1855. Originally lined with brick and featuring ashlar copings, it is now faced in concrete. At the river end, there is a pair of iron-clad gates operated by hydraulic rams. The slip is served by an adjacent engine house.

Historically, between the 1790s and 1821, Nelson Docks were owned by Randall and Brent, along with two other yards near the entrance to Greenland Dock. They were early steamship builders, known for constructing the "Diana" in 1817 and the "Rising Star," which was commissioned by Lord Cochrane for the Chilean Navy in 1821. From 1851 to 1866, Bible and Perry built composite hull clippers at this site for the China Trade. The patent slip is an important remaining part of Nelson's Dock.

Local climate

Nelson Dock Patent Slip, Including Gates sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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