North East Quay Wall and 2 Bollards Royal William Victualling Yard is a Grade I listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A C19 Quay wall, bollards. 1 related planning application.
North East Quay Wall and 2 Bollards Royal William Victualling Yard
- WRENN ID
- winter-rotunda-hyssop
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1999
- Type
- Quay wall, bollards
- Address
- North East Quay Wall and 2 Bollards Royal William Victualling Yard, Cremyll Street, City of Plymouth, PL1 3RP
- OS grid reference
- SX 461 536
- Coordinates
- 50.36264, -4.16483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North East Quay Wall and two bollards at the Royal William Victualling Yard were built between 1826 and 1831 by Sir John Rennie for the Victualling Board. The quay wall is made of channelled rusticated granite ashlar and extends approximately 190 meters northeast from the entrance to the Basin, running beneath the Slaughterhouse and ending north of the Main Gates.
The two square-section bollards are located at the edge of the quay on either side of the Mills and Bakery, featuring timber strips on their concave sides and inscribed with "FLETCHER AND SONS/SOUTHAMPTON/1830" on their rounded tops. The construction of the quay contributed significantly to the overspend on Rennie's original estimate for the Yard. This quay is part of a group that includes the South West Quay Wall and Dock Basin, serving as the main landing quay for the Yard. The Royal William Victualling Yard is recognized as one of the most remarkable and complete early 19th-century industrial complexes in the country, showcasing a unique English example of Neo-Classical planning for a state manufacturing site.
Local climate
North East Quay Wall and 2 Bollards Royal William Victualling Yard 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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