Railings to West of Main Gate at West India Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Railings.
Railings to West of Main Gate at West India Dock
- WRENN ID
- secret-plaster-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railings
- Address
- Railings to West of Main Gate at West India Dock, West India Dock Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 371 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50806, -0.02452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings to the west of the main gate at West India Dock date from the early 19th century. They are made of cast iron and are set on a low stone wall. The railings run along the inner side of the security moat and extend for approximately 70 yards.
Local climate
Railings to West of Main Gate at West India Dock 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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