Quay walls at former Upper Bank Works is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2003. Quay wall. 2 related planning applications.

Quay walls at former Upper Bank Works

WRENN ID
lapsed-bonework-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2003
Type
Quay wall
Address
Quay walls at former Upper Bank Works, Morfa, Bonymaen, SA1 7DD
OS grid reference
SS 665 952
Coordinates
51.64035, -3.93017
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The quay walls at the former Upper Bank Works are made of squared rubble stone and were originally topped with rounded slag coping. The walls stretch approximately 100 meters in length, featuring a curve about one-third of the way along and at the southern end. These curves are designed to angle the quay away from the river current. Only a small section at the northern end retains the original coping.

Local climate

Quay walls at former Upper Bank Works sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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