163, Bow Road E3 is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Residential building.

163, Bow Road E3

WRENN ID
rusted-corner-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Residential building
OS grid reference
TQ 375 829
Coordinates
51.52848, -0.01889
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 163 Bow Road is an early 18th-century building constructed of stock brick, featuring red brick dressings on the jambs, arches, string courses, and a moulded cornice. The roof is not visible. The building has four storeys and three windows, with flush frames and later sash and casement windows. There is a modern shop in the forecourt. Inside, the property includes panelled rooms and a notable staircase with twisted balusters and carved step ends.

Local climate

163, Bow Road E3 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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