Weighhouse at Londonderry Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1981. Weighhouse.
Weighhouse at Londonderry Wharf
- WRENN ID
- standing-corbel-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1981
- Type
- Weighhouse
- Address
- Weighhouse at Londonderry Wharf, Keynsham Road, Bitton
- OS grid reference
- ST 661 698
- Coordinates
- 51.42662, -2.48754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The weighhouse at Londonderry Wharf, built around 1835, is a small structure made of ashlar with a hipped slate roof. It served as one of the termini for the Avon and Gloucester Tramway, which was opened in 1835 to transport coal from Siston and Oldland to the River Avon. The building features a door on the right side and a barred window on the left.
Local climate
Weighhouse at Londonderry Wharf receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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