Great Western Dry Dock is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1972. Dry dock. 5 related planning applications.

Great Western Dry Dock

WRENN ID
rough-tower-vermeil
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1972
Type
Dry dock
Address
Great Western Dry Dock, Gasferry Road, BS1 6TY
OS grid reference
ST 578 724
Coordinates
51.44917, -2.6084
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Great Western Dry Dock, located on Gasferry Road in Bristol, is a dry dock built in 1839. It is constructed from pennant rubble and brick, featuring a bow-ended shape with a brick base and a curved entrance section. The dock has stepped sides and is equipped with a single-leaf iron caisson dock gate. This dry dock is historically significant as it was built for the construction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, which was launched from this dock in 1843.

Local climate

Great Western Dry Dock 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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