The Pier is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1950. Pier.
The Pier
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-clay-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1950
- Type
- Pier
- Address
- The Pier, the Esplanade, Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon
- OS grid reference
- SS 722 496
- Coordinates
- 51.232, -3.83077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pier is a structure that forms part of the quay construction in Lynmouth, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It was badly damaged by floods in 1952 and subsequently rebuilt in 1954. The pier is constructed from rubble and dressed granite, with asphalt paving. It features a short vertical quay wall that projects northeast from where The Esplanade meets Lynmouth Street. The outer northwest side of the wall consists of roughly squared granite blocks, topped with a weathered and rounded granite parapet approximately 1.5 meters high, which returns across the end. This parapet contains a path that passes under the Rhenish Tower and has tubular railings on the southeast side. At the street end, there is a broader platform raised on two steps, leading to a long ramp, and beyond the Tower, there is a flight of 20 steps set into the wall.
Local climate
The Pier sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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