Reservoir and Enclosing Iron Railings, Royal William Victualling Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A Early C19 Reservoir.

Reservoir and Enclosing Iron Railings, Royal William Victualling Yard

WRENN ID
spare-terrace-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Reservoir
Period
Early C19
Address
Reservoir and Enclosing Iron Railings, Royal William Victualling Yard, Cremyll Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 461 534
Coordinates
50.36048, -4.16492
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The reservoir and enclosing iron railings at the Royal William Victualling Yard were built around 1830 by Sir John Rennie Jnr. The structure is made of limestone ashlar and has a square plan. It is surrounded by an ashlar wall with a flagged stone base, and iron railings extend around all four sides. This reservoir is an important original functional element of the Yard, which required an independent water supply. The Royal William Victualling Yard is a remarkable and complete example of an early 19th century industrial complex, showcasing a unique English instance of Neo-Classical planning for a state manufacturing site.

Local climate

Reservoir and Enclosing Iron Railings, 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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