Castle Quay with 12 Bollards from and Including Steps to Slipway at Civic Centre End is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. Quay. 1 related planning application.

Castle Quay with 12 Bollards from and Including Steps to Slipway at Civic Centre End

WRENN ID
crumbling-chimney-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1988
Type
Quay
Address
Castle Quay with 12 Bollards from and Including Steps to Slipway at Civic Centre End, Barnstaple, EX31 1EU
OS grid reference
SS 555 331
Coordinates
51.07959, -4.0633
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Castle Quay, located along the River Taw, is a quay that likely dates from the late 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble, featuring a kerb made of squared granite blocks that are secured by iron ties, though some blocks have been replaced with concrete, particularly opposite the old Town Station where sand dredgers unload. At the southeast end, there is a flight of granite steps leading down to the water. The surface of the quay at the northwest end is asphalted, while the southeast end was tiled in 1986.

Along the entire length of the quay, there are 12 cast-iron bollards, all but the ninth from the southeast having shaped tops. Six of these bollards have the numbers 1, 7, 2, 5, 4, and 6 moulded on their tops in that order. Although most of the warehouses that once lined the quay on the opposite side of Commercial Road have disappeared, a range of former bonded warehouses at the southeast end is listed as part of Queen Anne's Court in Castle Street.

Local climate

Castle Quay with 12 Bollards from and Including Steps to Slipway at Civic Centre End sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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