C and L Storage is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Warehouse. 11 related planning applications.

C and L Storage

WRENN ID
quiet-garret-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1983
Type
Warehouse
Address
C and L Storage, Wapping Lane E1, E1W 2RT
OS grid reference
TQ 349 802
Coordinates
51.50466, -0.05754
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

C and L Storage is a warehouse built between 1840 and 1850, located on a corner site with a distinctive bowed corner. The building is constructed of stock brick and features a plain parapet with stone coping. The main elevation has nine bays, while the return to the south has four bays. The basement and ground floor have segmental arched windows with iron-framed glazing. There is an off-centre hatch set in a nearly flush wood frame, and a late 19th-century wagon entrance with engineering brick trim at the north end.

Inside, the warehouse has a deep two-bay depth, creating two "aisles" supported by king post timber trusses. The wide span is achieved with valley and central plates carried on a girder, which is supported by cast iron columns with cross-section flanges. This building is a good example of a smaller warehouse from just after the first period of expansion and is part of one of the few surviving groups of warehouses in Docklands, contributing to the enclosed character of the narrow street. Its bowed corner also adds to its townscape value.

Local climate

C and L Storage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
  • 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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