Wapping Underground Station (Brunel's Tunnel Entrance and the Stairways from Platform to Street Only) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Underground station entrance. 9 related planning applications.

Wapping Underground Station (Brunel's Tunnel Entrance and the Stairways from Platform to Street Only)

WRENN ID
bitter-loft-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Underground station entrance
Address
Wapping Underground Station (Brunel's Tunnel Entrance and the Stairways from Platform to Street Only), Wapping High Street E1
OS grid reference
TQ 350 801
Coordinates
51.50436, -0.05591
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

Wapping Underground Station incorporates the entrance to the Thames Tunnel, built by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel between 1824 and 1843. The listing covers only the tunnel entrance and the curved stairways that ascend from the platforms to street level, which are original features of the station.

Local climate

Wapping Underground Station (Brunel's Tunnel Entrance and the Stairways from Platform to Street Only) 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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