Java Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Warehouse. 3 related planning applications.
Java Wharf
- WRENN ID
- other-steeple-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1983
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Java Wharf, 16, Shad Thames, SE1 2YH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 339 798
- Coordinates
- 51.50155, -0.07218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Java Wharf is a warehouse, later converted into flats, dating from approximately 1860 to 1870. It was partially rebuilt in the 20th century. Much of the original structure was destroyed by fire and subsequently reconstructed behind the original facade to create flats, retaining a similar dockside appearance. The building is constructed of stock brick with yellow and grey brick dressings and features a coped parapet. It stands five storeys high and comprises five bays, with the elevation angled along the road line between bays three and four. A new ground floor has been incorporated. Above the ground floor, two hatch ranks are visible, featuring segmental arches with bull-nosed engineering brick reveals, now adapted as balconies. Windows are set within segmental-arched, full-height recesses. The interior was not inspected during the listing process. Java Wharf marks the beginning of a notable surviving group of warehouses located between Shad Thames and St Saviour's Dock.
Local climate
Java Wharf 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 — 44 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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