Commemorative Plaque on Stone Plinth is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Commemorative Plaque on Stone Plinth

WRENN ID
roaming-buttress-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Commemorative Plaque on Stone Plinth, Mile End Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 350 819
Coordinates
51.52038, -0.05421
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The commemorative plaque is located on a stone plinth on Mile End Road, in front of the Tower Hamlets Mission. The plinth is made of rusticated stone and features a sloping top. Affixed to it is a metal plaque that reads: "Here William Booth commenced the work of the Salvation Army July 1865."

Local climate

Commemorative Plaque on Stone Plinth 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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