Shield House is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Warehouse. 16 related planning applications.

Shield House

WRENN ID
deep-marble-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
Warehouse
Address
Shield House, 16, New Street Ec2, City and County of the City of London, EC2M 4TR
OS grid reference
TQ 333 815
Coordinates
51.51711, -0.07974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shield House is a late 18th-century building, altered subsequently. It originally formed part of the Port of London Authority's Cutler Street Warehouses. The building is six storeys high, with a later addition at the top. It is constructed of pinkish-yellow brick with slight Portland stone dressings. Windows have flat and segmental arches. The centre of the building is recessed, featuring a modern entrance and stucco to the ground storey, along with an archway beneath the left-hand wing. A band runs below the fourth storey, and a parapet tops the slated roof.

Local climate

Shield House 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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  • Sale history — 19 transactions since 2011
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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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