Wool House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Warehouse. 11 related planning applications.
Wool House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-minaret-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Wool House, 74, Back Church Lane, E1, E1 1LX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 342 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51214, -0.06666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-to-late 19th-century warehouse, formerly known as Nos 13 and 14 (Wool Warehouse). It is located on the south side of Ellen Street, at No. 75. The building is constructed of stock brick with blue brick detailing. A parapet runs along the top, featuring a central panelled tower above the centre of the Ellen Street facade. The facades to Forbes Street and Back Church Lane are also part of the building's design.
The Ellen Street facade has 4 storeys and includes blank panels, arranged over 8 bays, with two door ranks. Windows are set within round arched, full-height recesses and have segmental heads and glazing bars. The Back Church Lane facade extends for 20 bays, mirroring the Ellen Street facade with a central tower. A large doorcase constructed of brown marble and featuring plain side pilasters and a scroll pediment provides entry. Eight panelled doors are present.
The Wool House is part of a group of buildings including New Loom House and Chandlery House, located on Back Church Lane.
Local climate
Wool 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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