Watch House in St Johns Churchyard (Recreation Ground) is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Watch house. 3 related planning applications.

Watch House in St Johns Churchyard (Recreation Ground)

WRENN ID
gentle-plinth-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Watch house
Address
Watch House in St Johns Churchyard (Recreation Ground), Fair Street, SE1 2XA
OS grid reference
TQ 334 799
Coordinates
51.50239, -0.07825
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This late 18th-century watch house is located in St John's Churchyard, now a recreation ground, in Fair Street, Southwark. The front facade is stuccoed and one storey high, with four bays facing the street. It has a prominent arcade motif with four round-headed arches, three of which are blank, and one serving as a doorway. Rusticated Doric pilasters support a frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The left return is splayed, with two bays featuring an open stone pediment and quoins. A later extension in brown brick with stone dressings is located to the rear, adjacent to the park. The rear elevation has three windows with architraves, pulvinated friezes, and cornices. Steps leading down to a basement level are situated on the right side. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Watch House in St Johns Churchyard (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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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