Watch House in St Marys Churchyard (Recreation Ground) is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Watch house. 5 related planning applications.
Watch House in St Marys Churchyard (Recreation Ground)
- WRENN ID
- muted-lead-elm
- 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 Marys Churchyard (Recreation Ground), Bermondsey Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 332 794
- Coordinates
- 51.498, -0.08123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A watch house dating from the early 19th century, located in St Mary's Churchyard (Recreation Ground) in Southwark. The building is constructed of stucco, with a low-pitched slate roof. It has a polygonal plan, with its longest side facing the street. A central timber doorcase featuring console brackets supporting an entablature provides access, and a block pediment above rises through the moulded eaves, supporting an overhanging iron sign bracket. Sash windows are set into the canted sides facing Long Lane; these windows are dated 1859 and inscribed "The Gift of Henry Sterry Esq".
Local climate
Watch House in St Marys 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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- 1 Watch House Circa 20 Yards South West of Church of St Mary
- 2 Watch House Circa 25 Yards South East of Church of St Mary and St Michael
- 3 Watch House in Recreation Ground, Adjoining Number 70
- 4 Parish Watch House at South West Corner of Churchyard
- 5 Watch House in St Johns Churchyard (Recreation Ground)
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- 191, Bermondsey Street
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