Archway Leading to St Thomas's Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Archway. 1 related planning application.
Archway Leading to St Thomas's Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- dim-portal-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- Archway
- Address
- Archway Leading to St Thomas's Recreation Ground, Mare Street E8, E9 7PN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 349 843
- Coordinates
- 51.54165, -0.05499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway leading to St Thomas's Recreation Ground is a tall round arch featuring a moulded impost string, cornice, and a pediment above. It is constructed of stucco with incised lines and has an early 19th-century appearance. This archway may have originally served as a carriage entrance to St Thomas's Square.
Local climate
Archway Leading to St Thomas's Recreation Ground 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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