Tomb of Solomon Baker is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb. 1 related planning application.
Tomb of Solomon Baker
- WRENN ID
- moated-grate-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Solomon Baker, Woodstock Terrace, E14 0AD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 377 808
- Coordinates
- 51.50979, -0.01577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A chest tomb dating to 1756, the designer is unknown. The tomb is constructed of stone and sits on a stepped and moulded base. It has rectangular, inscribed panels on the long sides, flanked by gadrooned pilasters with chamfered corners. The west end features a carved armorial cartouche. A projecting cornice defines the flat cover. The tomb commemorates Solomon Baker, a distiller from Stratford.
Local climate
Tomb of Solomon Baker 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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