Revetment Wall to North Side of Moat, from Tower Hill Postern to Tower Bridge Approach is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1989. Revetment wall.
Revetment Wall to North Side of Moat, from Tower Hill Postern to Tower Bridge Approach
- WRENN ID
- gentle-spindle-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1989
- Type
- Revetment wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 336 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50926, -0.07506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The revetment wall on the north side of the moat, extending from Tower Hill Postern to the Tower Bridge Approach, was built between 1670 and 1673 by Sir Bernard de Gomme. It features Flemish bond brickwork with a stone coping. The section to the east was completely rebuilt during the construction of Tower Bridge. The wall has undergone repairs in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Local climate
Revetment Wall to North Side of Moat, from Tower Hill Postern to Tower Bridge Approach 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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