Gate and End Piers to No 133 (Department of Health Social Security) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Gate, piers.

Gate and End Piers to No 133 (Department of Health Social Security)

WRENN ID
worn-pedestal-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gate, piers
Address
Gate and End Piers to No 133 (Department of Health Social Security), East India Dock Road E14
OS grid reference
TQ 376 809
Coordinates
51.51105, -0.01798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate and end piers to No 133, which houses the Department of Health and Social Security, date from around 1840. They are made of stucco and feature rounded, panelled designs topped with domed caps. These piers, along with No 133, are part of a group that includes Pope John House, the piers and walls surrounding Poplar Recreation Ground, and the memorial located in the Recreation Ground opposite.

Local climate

Gate and End Piers to No 133 (Department of Health Social Security) 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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