Muster Bell is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Muster bell.

Muster Bell

WRENN ID
peeling-window-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Muster bell
Address
Muster Bell, Morice Yard, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 449 548
Coordinates
50.37334, -4.18188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The muster bell is a mid-19th century iron structure located in Morice Yard, Devonport Dockyard. It features a tall tapering shaft supported by four guy wires, a round capital, and a bell that is rotated by a spoked wheel. Historically, the muster bell was used to summon the dockyard workforce and regulate the working day. It holds significant historic importance within the largely complete ordnance yard and is situated beside the main entrance for the workforce, known as Morice Gate. Additionally, it served as an alarm bell.

Local climate

Muster Bell 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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