Building dock at, Harland And Wolff, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DU is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. 1 related planning application.
Building dock at, Harland And Wolff, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DU
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-glass-oak
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Belfast
- Constituency
- Belfast East MP: Gavin Robinson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Building dock at, Harland And Wolff, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DU, Ballymacarret, BT3 9DU
- Irish grid reference
- J 357 754
- Coordinates
- 54.60875, -5.89914
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is an extremely large dry dock, constructed in 1969 as part of a redevelopment programme at the Harland and Wolff shipyard on Queen’s Island, Belfast. The dry dock measures 560 x 90 x 10 metres in depth and remains the largest of its kind in the UK. It features two sets of sea doors, and a second, ‘portable’ set can be used to divide the dock into two chambers allowing for two separate projects to be undertaken simultaneously.
Harland and Wolff was established in 1861 and grew to become 'Shipbuilders to the World' by the mid-20th century, employing around 65,000 people. Facing changing shipbuilding trends in the late 20th century, the company undertook redevelopment including the construction of this dry dock alongside two large bridge cranes designed and built by the German engineering company Krupp. The dry dock was designed to be used in conjunction with these cranes; Goliath was built in 1969 and Samson in 1972. The dry dock is of significant industrial archaeological interest. It is protected through scheduling.
Local climate
Building dock at, Harland And Wolff, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DU sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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