Dockyard Wall Extending from East of Ropery Complex to East of Number 1 Slip is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A Georgian Wall. 3 related planning applications.
Dockyard Wall Extending from East of Ropery Complex to East of Number 1 Slip
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1999
- Type
- Wall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Dockyard Wall Extending from East of Ropery Complex to East of Number 1 Slip, South Yard, City of Plymouth, PL1 4SG
- OS grid reference
- SX 452 542
- Coordinates
- 50.3681, -4.17801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dockyard wall, built between 1763 and 1771, is located in Devonport Dockyard and is made of limestone rubble. This tall wall features a moulded coping and extends approximately 500 meters from east of the entrance to the No.1 Covered Slip to the north of the Master Ropemaker's House. The wall enclosed the area to the east and south of the ropeyard, which was completed in 1771, and it holds significant group value with the listed buildings of the ropeyard.
Local climate
Dockyard Wall Extending from East of Ropery Complex to East of Number 1 Slip sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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