Gunmakers Company Hall and Proof House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Hall. 12 related planning applications.
Gunmakers Company Hall and Proof House
- WRENN ID
- plain-minaret-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- Gunmakers Company Hall and Proof House, 46-50, Commercial Road E1, E1 1LP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 341 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51473, -0.06832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gunmakers Company Hall and Proof House, located at 46 to 50 Commercial Road, was built in two phases. Number 46, constructed in 1872, is made of stock brick with stucco dressings and features two storeys with five windows. It has a central entrance adorned with a coat of arms above. Number 48 and 50 were built in 1826, designed by architect Robert Turner Cotton. Number 48 has brick bays marked by stone pilasters, an entablature, and a blocking course. It is a single storey with three bays, a central entrance, and one blank window on each side, along with a blank attic above the central bay. The doorway is framed with an architrave, consoles, and a segmental pediment. At the rear, there is a paved yard with proof sheds. Number 50 is built of yellow stock brick and features a stucco cornice and blocking course. It has three storeys with two recessed and arched windows on the ground floor.
Local climate
Gunmakers Company Hall and Proof House 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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