Welsh Back Wharf Extending Approximately 450 Metres Between Bristol and Redcliffe Bridges is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Quay.
Welsh Back Wharf Extending Approximately 450 Metres Between Bristol and Redcliffe Bridges
- WRENN ID
- tired-keystone-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 December 1994
- Type
- Quay
- OS grid reference
- ST 589 726
- Coordinates
- 51.45169, -2.59238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Welsh Back Wharf is a mid-19th century quay located in Bristol, extending approximately 450 meters between Bristol and Redcliffe Bridges. It features granite and Pennant rubble construction, along with cast-iron elements. The walls are composed of granite curbs and rubble walls. This quay is one of the three city quays and has been significant since the 13th century, with an extension added in 1724.
Local climate
Welsh Back Wharf Extending Approximately 450 Metres Between Bristol and Redcliffe Bridges receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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