Lock walls to mouth of Old Town Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Dock lock revetment wall.
Lock walls to mouth of Old Town Dock
- WRENN ID
- gilded-quoin-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Dock lock revetment wall
- Address
- Lock walls to mouth of Old Town Dock, Pillgwenlly
- OS grid reference
- ST 322 867
- Coordinates
- 51.57538, -2.97924
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lock walls at the mouth of the former Old Town Dock were built in the mid-19th century. They extend approximately 170 metres in length and are 22 metres wide. The walls are made of large blocks of Pennant sandstone ashlar, with granite jamb stones at the rebates where the former dock gates were located, although these gates have since been removed. There is evidence of twin dock gates, and some cast iron bollards can still be found on either side of the dock wall, though they are partially covered by modern infill material and vegetation.
Local climate
Lock walls to mouth of Old Town Dock receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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