Pair of Bollards in Front of Melville Royal William Victualling Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Bollard.

Pair of Bollards in Front of Melville Royal William Victualling Yard

WRENN ID
bitter-cloister-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Bollard
Address
Pair of Bollards in Front of Melville Royal William Victualling Yard, Cremyll Street, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 461 535
Coordinates
50.36174, -4.16486
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of bollards, dating from around 1835, is located in front of Melville at the Royal William Victualling Yard in Plymouth. Made of cast iron, the bollards are approximately 4 meters apart and each stands 2 meters from the doorway to the left of the main entrance. They are designed in the form of a fasces topped with a circular wreath, reflecting a Roman style that is consistent with the street lamp in the yard. These bollards are part of one of the finest planned industrial complexes in the country.

Local climate

Pair of Bollards in Front of Melville 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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