Gatehouses to Principal Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A C19 Gatehouse. 1 related planning application.
Gatehouses to Principal Entrance
- WRENN ID
- sombre-flue-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Gatehouses to Principal Entrance, Thomas More Street E1, E1W 1YZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 341 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50854, -0.06887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouses to the principal entrance of the London Docks were built in the early 19th century and are made of yellow stock brick. There is a gatehouse on each side of the main entrance, each featuring a stucco cornice and a blocking course. They have a pedimented doorcase that includes massive, eight-panelled wooden doors. The gatehouses are part of a group that includes the listed buildings and walls of the London Docks.
Local climate
Gatehouses to Principal Entrance 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Surviving Boundary Walls to the Former London Docks (Western Dock), at Thomas More Street, East Smithfield, Redmead Lane, Pennington Street, Wapping Lane, Reardon Street and Tench Street. with Gate Piers at South End of Hermitage Basin, and Wall to South-East of Hermitage Basin, Gate Piers and Attached Wall at North-East End of Pier Head, and Boundary Wall to North and West of St John’s Churchyard.
- Principal Entrance Office Blocks
- Former St Pauls Church
- St Paul's Vicarage and area railings, 11 Dock Street
- Warehouse I
- St Katherine's Dock (Warehouse C)
- Group of 3 Bollards at Lock Between Basin and East Dock, St Katherine's Docks
- Footbridge (Between the Basin and East Dock Water Areas)
- Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to St Katharine's Dock
- The Crown and Seven Stars Public House