Blackwall River Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Police station. 3 related planning applications.
Blackwall River Police Station
- WRENN ID
- unlit-loggia-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Police station
- Address
- Blackwall River Police Station, Coldharbour E14, E14 9NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 383 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50241, -0.00758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blackwall River Police Station, built in 1894, is a Norman Shaw-influenced design by architect John Butler. It stands on the river wall and incorporates a slipway for boats. The station is constructed of red brick with white stone bands, featuring a parapet with a central, coped gable. It is four storeys high and has four bays. The windows are two and three-light designs with stone mullions, and two central bays are dedicated to a lookout over the river. It is likely the first purpose-built River Police Station.
Local climate
Blackwall River Police Station 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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