Sign on Forecourt of White Horse Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Sign.

Sign on Forecourt of White Horse Public House

WRENN ID
solemn-pillar-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Sign
Address
Sign on Forecourt of White Horse Public House, 9 and 11, Poplar High Street E14
OS grid reference
TQ 374 808
Coordinates
51.50943, -0.02119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sign in the forecourt of the White Horse Public House, located at Nos 9 and 11 Poplar High Street, is a wooden carving of a white horse dating from the 18th century. It is mounted on a post.

Local climate

Sign on Forecourt of White Horse Public 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 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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