The Graving Dock including Bollards and Cpstans

The Graving Dock is a mid-19th century dry dock, originally built around 1820 but extensively remodeled in the mid-19th century. It features large stepped sides made of limestone ashlar and granite copings. The dock includes five steps, known as 'altars', one broad lowest step, and three sets of steps on each side, alternating with three chutes. The seaward end has narrowed walls that are battered and includes a slot for securing a caisson. An ashlar quay wall extends on both sides, leading to No 2 Slip to the west and Western Camber to the east. The southern end narrows with flights of steps on each side, although the eastern steps have been covered or removed for a roadway. The eastern end has been extended with mass concrete and now houses a former caisson, a steel-plated timber decked vessel that was previously floated and lowered across the dock entry in 1993.

There are approximately 12 bollards on each side, all manufactured by Sturges and Co from Bowling Ironworks in Bradford. Additionally, there are some damaged capstans, with one located to the northeast and one on each side at the southern end, made by H. Grissell of Regents Park Ironworks in London, dating from around 1859.