Boundary Wall from Collingwood Dock to Huskisson

The Dock Boundary Wall from Collingwood Dock to Huskisson Branch Dock No.2 and Gate Piers
Circa 1848
Grade II

This length of wall was built by Hartley in his more characteristic "Cyclopean" style, finely jointed irregular granite rubble brought to a fair face. 

It has a flush rounded coping of irregular lengths and it is approximately 5m high and 1.2 km long. Built into the outer face at two thirds height are large granite slabs into which are carved the names of the docks which are behind the wall and their date: Collingwood Dock 1848, Nelson Dock 1848, Bramley Moore Dock 1848, Wellington Dock 1848, Sandon Dock 1848 and Sandon Graving Dock 1848.

Just north of the bend in the wall at Nelson Dock is a cast iron drinking fountain, identical to that in the wall to Princes Dock. Part of the wall at Wellington Dock is constructed of rusticated buff sandstone as it was part of an overhead coal railway.

The entrance to South Collingwoodand South Salisbury Dock, the entrance to North Collingwood,North Salisbury and Nelson Docks and the entrance to Nelson, South Wellington and Bramley Moore Docks are all similar and have piers in the form of turrets. 

They are all double entrances, each having a flanking pair of round towers and a larger central tower incorporating a watchman's hut. The central towers have castellations above the cap, arrow-slit windows looking out onto the road and small chimneys. They all have deep slits at the sides for gates. The entrance to Wellingtonand Sandon Dock is almost identical, but the centre turret is oval on plan. 

The entrance to Collingwood Dock oppositeWalter Streetand the entrance to Nelson Dock, the south entrance to Sandon Dock and the north entrance to Sandon Dock are all a much simpler design, where the wall swells to form flush rounded piers with rounded cornices. 

The central entrance to Sandon Dock has two large granite piers with cornices and had iron lampholders. The central watchman's hut is constructed in brick and has a buff sandstone name plate in a pedimented panel. There are slits in the turrets for sliding timber gates (now missing).