Pope John House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. House. 8 related planning applications.
Pope John House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-grate-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pope John House, East India Dock Road E14, E14 0BS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 376 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51072, -0.01772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pope John House is a 19th-century Victorian building of Tudor design, situated on East India Dock Road. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, featuring a corner tower with coped gables and a parapet. The road-facing facade has two storeys and a basement, presenting two windows with mullions, transoms, and leaded lights. The elevation is best viewed from the adjacent recreation ground. A later chapel has been added to the building. Pope John House, along with the piers and wall to Poplar Recreation Ground, the memorial within the recreation ground, and number 133 and its piers opposite, form a group of related structures.
Local climate
Pope John 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 15 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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