Tablet in North Wall of Portuguese Jewish Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Burial ground.

Tablet in North Wall of Portuguese Jewish Burial Ground

WRENN ID
second-clay-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1950
Type
Burial ground
Address
Tablet in North Wall of Portuguese Jewish Burial Ground, Mile End Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 357 822
Coordinates
51.52322, -0.04399
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tablet in the north wall of the Portuguese Jewish burial ground is a Grade II listed structure. The burial ground was established in the mid-17th century and features numerous graves from the 17th and 18th centuries, marked by flat grave stones. The north wall displays an inscribed stone tablet, housed in a glazed case, which is adorned with side scrolls, a moulded cornice, and a pediment. This tablet commemorates the laying of the first stone in 1634.

Local climate

Tablet in North Wall of Portuguese Jewish Burial 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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