Crane Base is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Crane base. 4 related planning applications.
Crane Base
- WRENN ID
- sacred-hearth-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Crane base
- Address
- Crane Base, Canon's Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 584 723
- Coordinates
- 51.44832, -2.59938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The crane base, built around 1890, is located on the south side of Canon's Road in Bristol's Floating Harbour. It is constructed from pennant ashlar and features a stone drum, which was formerly the base of a steam crane. The nearby wharf is dated 1889 on its bollards.
Local climate
Crane Base receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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