Town Pier, North Queensferry

Heritage listing

Category A Group Category Details 100000019 - (see NOTES) Date Added 18/06/1973 Supplementary Information Updated 27/03/2003 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Parish Inverkeithing NGR NT 13096 80274 Coordinates 313096, 680274 — John Rennie, 1810-1813; extended Thomas Telford, 1828-1834. Long jetty and pier running SSW. Jetty paved with setts and bordered by large slabs, extending 165m in length, wrapping around end of pier, returning landward W of pier wall as narrow low-level quay. Raised pier flanking jetty to W; coursed droved sandstone blocks to E wall ending mid-way in pier-head from which steps descend shoreward N to water and another set of steps descend towards Forth to S; longitudinal extension beyond pier-head runs on in form of parapet-wall terminating with tapered circular base for beacon with date stone, 1834. Surface of pier keyed with small oblong blocks arranged in pairs. 5 stone tapered cylindrical rounded posts, dimple carving to tops (formerly joined by chain handrail) to N end; 2 sets of foot holes forming ladder to E wall, 1 to centre and 1 below partially truncated post to right. — A-group with Signal House, Lantern Tower and East and West Battery Piers (see separate lists). This pier forms an historic association with Ferry Passage and is linked to the contemporary construction of the Signal House, the Lantern Tower, East Battery Pier and West Battery Pier (see separate listings). It was formerly called North Queensferry Pier and later Signal House Pier. In 1809, the Forth Ferry Trustee Company was established and subsequently an Act of Parliament was passed in 1810 by which the former proprietors of the Ferry Passage were compelled to sell their rights to the Government at the price of #10,000. Facilities related to the landing at Nort

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.