6-8, Bow Lane EC4 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1971. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.

6-8, Bow Lane EC4

WRENN ID
deep-corridor-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1971
Type
Commercial building
Address
6-8, Bow Lane EC4, City and County of the City of London, EC4M 9EB
OS grid reference
TQ 323 810
Coordinates
51.51318, -0.09367
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 6 to 8 Bow Lane is a mid-19th century commercial building constructed from polychrome brick, painted stone, and cast iron. It features panels of glazed tiles and carved decoration in a gothic style. The building stands four storeys high and has five windows. There are two shops with a central entrance leading to the main part of No. 7 at the rear, which is not of interest. The ground storey is supported by paired cast iron columns and beams. Above, the windows are divided by small columns, with decorative panels extending up to the sills of the second storey. The top storey has five single windows and a plain parapet. This building is listed for its character rather than for its architectural quality.

Local climate

6-8, Bow Lane EC4 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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