Crane at Victoria Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 May 2002. Crane.

Crane at Victoria Dock

WRENN ID
noble-casement-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 May 2002
Type
Crane
Address
Crane at Victoria Dock, Caernarfon
OS grid reference
SH 478 631
Coordinates
53.14398, -4.27577
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a manually-operated cast iron crane located at Victoria Dock. It features a timber arm and a wrought iron bucket. The crane rotates around a central column and is secured to a flagstone surface.

Local climate

Crane at Victoria Dock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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