Limehouse District Library is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Library. 1 related planning application.
Limehouse District Library
- WRENN ID
- scattered-bracket-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Limehouse District Library, Commercial Road E14, E14 7HX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 365 810
- Coordinates
- 51.51216, -0.0335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limehouse District Library, located on Commercial Road in Limehouse, was built in 1900 to the designs of Clarkson architects. It was originally a Passmore Edwards Library. The building is constructed of white stone and yellow brick, with a basement and attic level, and is two stories high. The facade has five windows, with the end bays projecting forward. The ground floor is of rusticated white stone with vermiculated quoins and a cornice above. The upper outer bays are of yellow brick, featuring engaged side pillars and a stone cornice topped with a stone-coped Flemish gable. The ground floor windows are round-headed casements with fanlights. Above them are casements with mullions and a transom, all flush with the surrounding masonry.
Local climate
Limehouse District Library 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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