British Sailors Society is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Society building. 3 related planning applications.
British Sailors Society
- WRENN ID
- long-tracery-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Society building
- Address
- British Sailors Society, 2, Newell Street E14, E14 7HR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 366 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51194, -0.0318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The British Sailors Society, located at No. 2 Newell Street, is an early 19th-century building that was formerly a sea training establishment for boys. It is constructed of yellow brick, with the roof not visible. The façade features a rusticated stucco blind arcade of five bays, with a centrally placed entrance that projects from a three-storey structure. The building has three windows, two of which are blind, and five windows on the return, with two on the bow. The windows are recessed sashes with glazing bars. This building is said to be associated with the family of Lord Nelson.
No. 2, along with Nos. 11 to 23 (odd), forms a group with the Garden Wall to the former St Anne's Rectory, Limehouse Town Hall, St Anne's Parish Church, Churchyard Walls, Railings, Gates, Gate Piers, and War Memorial on Commercial Road, as well as the Limehouse Church Institute on Three Colt Street.
Local climate
British Sailors Society 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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- Gate Piers and Iron Railings at Limehouse District Library
- Churchyard War Memorial at Church of St Anne's
- Limehouse Church Institute
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