River Embankment Wall (Extending Between Nos 20 and 36) is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Embankment wall. 6 related planning applications.
River Embankment Wall (Extending Between Nos 20 and 36)
- WRENN ID
- knotted-alcove-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Embankment wall
- Address
- River Embankment Wall (Extending Between Nos 20 and 36), Upper Mall W6, W6 9TA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 226 783
- Coordinates
- 51.49037, -0.23538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This embankment wall runs between numbers 20 and 36 on Upper Mall. It dates from around 1680 to 1690, and has undergone repairs and renewals since its construction. The wall is made of red brick, with two curving bastions and a stone coping. It was built during the time that the Queen Dowager Catherine of Braganza resided in Upper Mall.
Local climate
River Embankment Wall (Extending Between Nos 20 and 36) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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