Sonning House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.

Sonning House

WRENN ID
far-gateway-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Sonning House, Swanfield Street, Boundary Estate, E2 7LB
OS grid reference
TQ 337 825
Coordinates
51.52616, -0.07343
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Sonning House is a building from 1899 located on Swanfield Street in the Boundary Estate. It features rounded glazed corners up to shoulder height, with a ground floor made of red brick that serves as a plinth. Above this, the building is constructed with yellow stock bricks accented by red brick bands and dressings. It has a heavy red brick eaves cornice and a slate roof, rising to four storeys with dormers. The corner facades are slanted, showcasing paired sash windows beneath Flemish style gables. The central section has paired gables along the facade, with additional gables on either side. In total, there are sixteen sash windows with contemporary glazing bars set under flat lintels, and the windows are paired under the gables. Brick pilasters divide the windows between the first and third floors.

The Boundary Estate is notable as an early London County Council estate, recognized for its advanced design for the time. It features a variety of architectural details and is organized around a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate is considered a cohesive group, including several streets such as Arnold Circus, Boundary Street, Calvert Avenue, and others.

Local climate

Sonning House 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
  • 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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