Dry Dock at Penzance Shipyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2003. Dry dock. 1 related planning application.
Dry Dock at Penzance Shipyard
- WRENN ID
- open-pinnacle-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2003
- Type
- Dry dock
- Address
- Dry Dock at Penzance Shipyard, TR18 4BW
- OS grid reference
- SW 475 301
- Coordinates
- 50.11723, -5.53237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dry dock at Penzance Shipyard was built in 1900 by Holmans. It is constructed from rock-faced dressed granite and has a rectangular shape with a tapered inner southeast end. The dock was excavated from bedrock, which is partly visible. The sides feature battered and stepped revetments made of large rock-faced granite blocks, with integral stone steps on either side at the mouth of the dock, located at the northwest end. The lock gates have been replaced in the 20th century, and there is a later iron bridge across the southeast end for access to the shipyard. This dry dock is a notable example of a commercial dry dock from around 1900 and is part of a remarkably complete group of harbour structures at Penzance.
Local climate
Dry Dock at Penzance Shipyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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