Town Quay is a quay and pier in Southampton , England.
23-499: A quay is first recorded on the site in 1411, known as Watergate Quay. This quay fell out of use in the 18th century and in 1803 was demolished and replaced with a new structure, used for goods and passenger services. Overcrowding made it unsuitable for passenger services, resulting in most of them relocating when the Royal Pier opened in 1833. Between 1829 and 1860, the memorial column raised to local landowner and MP, William Chamberlayne,
46-555: A boutique hotel and restaurant. The Italianate Seaway House, next door to the warehouse, houses a restaurant and is also Grade II listed. To complete the heritage area, a pair of K6 telephone kiosks on the corner of Seaway House are also Grade II listed. Currently the pier section is used by the Hythe Ferry and the Red Funnel Red Jet high speed service to West Cowes . Red Funnel's vehicle ferries to East Cowes operate from
69-467: A ballroom in 1963. The pier was closed at the end of 1979. The gatehouse was reopened as a restaurant in 1986 but a fire on 4 May 1987 destroyed many of the structures on the pier. In 1992 another fire damaged the restaurant. The restaurant reopened in 2008 serving Thai cuisine. The gatehouse is a Grade II listed building . As of 2020, the pier remains in derelict condition; numerous calls have been made to renovate or rebuild it. These calls include
92-531: A short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896 . Continuing the first session of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 26 October 1830 until 22 April 1831. This session was also traditionally cited as 1 W. 4 or 1 Wm. 4 . The first session of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 14 June 1831 until 20 October 1831. This session
115-481: A £450m consultation submitted in 2015 for the area to be incorporated into a luxury waterside development consisting of housing, shops, a hotel and a casino, though progress on the development past the planning stage appeared to have stalled and the plan was ultimately terminated by Southampton City Council on 23 August 2019. In September 2024 the restaurant in the former gatehouse was taken over by new owners who renamed it Deja Vu. 1 %26 2 Will. 4 This
138-486: Is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1831 . Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see
161-504: Is a pier in Southampton , United Kingdom, built during the 1830s of Victorian England and was in operation until its closure in late 1979. The 900-foot (270 m) pier was opened on 8 July 1833 by the then Princess Victoria , as Victoria Pier and was built to provide steamer services with somewhere to dock. Prior to the construction of the pier steamer passengers had to either transit the muddy foreshore or make use of Town Quay which
184-464: Is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that
207-601: The First World War the quay was used for military traffic, mainly barges, traveling across the English Channel while the railway lines to the pier were used as sidings by the main Southampton Docks . Construction and improvements in other parts of Southampton's docks in the 1930s resulted in much of the goods traffic moving away and the quay shifted to handling mainly passenger traffic. The last major freight traffic
230-524: The Red Funnel ferry terminals. A marina has been constructed on the east side of the pier, inshore of the high-speed ferry pontoons. One of the last survivors of the original buildings, the Grade II listed Harbour Board offices, is now used as a casino having formerly been used, until 2015, as a gentleman's club ; another survivor, the former Geddes Warehouse, also listed Grade II, has been converted into
253-586: The list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title
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#1732852068979276-828: The Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of King George the Third, relating to a Portion of the Lands of Ballinaspeg, near the City of Cork, belonging to the See of Cork; and to enable the Bishops of that See to demise the same, under certain Restrictions.}} | {{|London, Westminster and Home Counties Coal Trade Act 1831|local|76|05-10-1831|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for regulating
299-429: The gatehouse was expanded and four years later a new pontoon was added to the pier enabling two steamers to be berthed simultaneously. The addition of the new pontoon coincided with the pier being renamed to Royal Pier. The start of World War I resulted in the suspension of public tramway services to the station on the pier on 1 October 1914. During the war the pier was damaged when a ship hit it. This damage prevented
322-514: The modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number. All modern acts have a short title , e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have
345-421: The pier started to suffer from damage caused by gribble worms resulting in the foundations needing to be rebuilt in 1838. In an attempt to prevent further gribble damage the pier's pilings were covered in large headed nails which it was hoped would rust and provide the pier with a protective coating. In 1847 a horse-drawn tramway was constructed to link the pier to Southampton Terminus railway station . In 1871
368-440: The pier was rebuilt in iron and the station was expanded to house two platforms and the facilities to allow the pier to be used as a pleasure pier added. These facilities included a pavilion. The money for the pier's expansion came from part of a loan of £100,000 taken out by the harbour board which was also used to pay for dredging. The rebuilt pier was opened in 1902 by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn . In 1894
391-503: The tram line from reopening at the end of the war and the line was officially closed in 1921. The pavilion was enlarged in 1922 and the gatehouse was again rebuilt in 1930. The enlarged pavilion could seat up to 1000 people and was a popular dance venue. During World War II the pier was closed to the public, re-opening in 1947. The pier was adapted to support RoRo ferries in the 1950s when Red Funnel introduced MV Carisbrooke Castle . The pavilion underwent work to turn it into
414-407: The tramway was extended to the end of the pier with a single platform station being built there. In 1876 the trams switched from being horse-drawn to using light steam locomotives. The LSWR eventually acquiring five 0-4-0WT condensing locomotives. These were augmented by two railcars in the early 20th century. In 1888 the pier was given a new gatehouse. Over a two-year period starting in 1891
437-603: The water frontage of the quay to the west of the pier, having moved there after the closing of Royal Pier at the end of 1979. The QuayConnect bus service, free to ferry passengers, connects the terminals to the town centre and Southampton Central railway station . The buildings on the pier provide office space for a variety of high tech and marine companies, and other commercial enterprises. 50°53′40″N 1°24′22″W / 50.89450°N 1.40620°W / 50.89450; -1.40620 Royal Pier, Southampton The Royal Pier (previously called Victoria Pier )
460-415: Was Scandinavian timber, imported by Montague Meyer, but increasing charges by British Rail in the late 1960s brought about a switch to road transport. A ferry to Cracknore Hard survived until at least 1964. The railway ceased being used on 4 May 1970, although the lines remained in place for a further nine years. Most of the warehouses on the quay were subsequently demolished, being replaced by offices and
483-467: Was already crowded with other commercial activities. Prior attempts to fund a pier had been made in 1825 and 1828, and in November 1829 the harbour board agreed to construct one. The Southampton Pier Act 1831 ( 1 & 2 Will. 4 . c. i) authorised the pier, and the construction was funded through a mortgage. The pier was designed by Edward L. Stephens, a royal navy officer. Soon after its completion,
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#1732852068979506-736: Was also traditionally cited as 1 & 2 W. 4 or 1 & 2 Wm. 4 . | {{|Pondyards and Chipping Barnet Road Act 1831|local|74|22-09-1831|maintained=y|repealed=y|archived=n|An Act for more effectually improving the Road from the Pondyards in the County of Hertford, to the Town of Chipping Barnet in the same County.|note4= (Repealed by Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act 1871 ( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 115)) }} | {{|Ballinaspeg Demise Act 1831|local|75|27-09-1831|maintained=y|archived=n|An Act to repeal in part an Act passed in
529-477: Was located at the quay. A horse-drawn tramway, completed on the last day of 1847, connected Southampton Terminus railway station to the quay. This tramway was directly connected to the railway in 1871. In 1876, upgrades to the tramway allowed a switch from horses to light locomotives. For many years the quay was worked by several of the diminutive LSWR C14 class locomotives, numbers 741, 743, 744 and 745, as well as an assortment of other small locomotives. During
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