Revetment Wall to West and North Side of Moat, from Outwork Attached to Middle Tower (Qv) to Tower Hill Postern is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1989. Revetment wall.
Revetment Wall to West and North Side of Moat, from Outwork Attached to Middle Tower (Qv) to Tower Hill Postern
- WRENN ID
- patient-arch-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1989
- Type
- Revetment wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 335 806
- Coordinates
- 51.5092, -0.07758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The revetment wall is located on the west and north side of the moat at the Tower of London. It was constructed between 1670 and 1673 by Sir Bernard de Gomme and features repairs from the 19th century. The wall is built in Flemish bond brick and has a stone coping. It extends from the outwork attached to the Middle Tower to the Tower Hill Postern.
Local climate
Revetment Wall to West and North Side of Moat, from Outwork Attached to Middle Tower (Qv) to Tower Hill Postern 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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