Powder Houses and Jetty is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Jetty.
Powder Houses and Jetty
- WRENN ID
- keen-attic-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Jetty
- Address
- Powder Houses and Jetty, Woodwell Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 537 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48548, -2.66721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Powder Houses and Jetty in Shirehampton, Bristol, are a Grade II listed structure originally built for the storage of gunpowder. The jetty has been in existence since at least 1777. It features two sheds, with the first being a rectangular building made of rubble and topped with a pantiled roof, while the second is a square rubble structure with a hipped slate roof, likely dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. Additionally, there is a small building on the jetty that contains a hand crane. These structures were constructed to store gunpowder, which could not be kept in Bristol Docks, with the earlier shed serving as the powder house.
Local climate
Powder Houses and Jetty receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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