19a, Leman Street is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Former dispensary. 1 related planning application.
19a, Leman Street
- WRENN ID
- tired-tin-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former dispensary
- Address
- 19a, Leman Street, E1 8EN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 339 812
- Coordinates
- 51.51416, -0.07067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
19A Leman Street is a former dispensary, now disused, that was built in 1858 and designed by architect G. H. Simmonds. The building is made of unpainted stucco and has a roof that is not visible. It consists of two storeys plus a basement and features seven bays, with the central five bays slightly projecting forward. The exterior includes rusticated quoins and channelling on the ground floor.
The central entrance is round-headed and corniced, with a balcony above. The ground floor has square-headed, keystoned windows in the central five bays and round-headed windows in the outer bays. The upper floor has square-headed, architraved windows with alternating segmental and triangular pediments above the central five bays, except for the center bay, which has a cartouche stucco band between the storeys inscribed with the words "supported by voluntary contributions." There is also a stucco band at the parapet, although the cornice has been removed. This building was originally established as the East London Dispensary to provide free medical and surgical assistance to the poor.
Local climate
19a, Leman Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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