Stone Alcove (On East Side of Southern Drive and South-West of Cadogan Gate) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1950. Alcove.

Stone Alcove (On East Side of Southern Drive and South-West of Cadogan Gate)

WRENN ID
nether-pinnacle-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1950
Type
Alcove
Address
Stone Alcove (On East Side of Southern Drive and South-West of Cadogan Gate), Victoria Park E9
OS grid reference
TQ 367 843
Coordinates
51.54178, -0.02948
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stone Alcove, located on the east side of Southern Drive and southwest of Cadogan Gate in Victoria Park, was removed from the parapet of Old London Bridge and erected here around 1860. It features a round arched limestone alcove with an architrave that includes a keystone and flanking balusters. The Stone Alcove, along with Morpeth Lodge, forms a group with the consecutive properties numbered 70 to 79, 81 to 102, and 105 to 128 on Cadogan Terrace.

Local climate

Stone Alcove (On East Side of Southern Drive and South-West of Cadogan Gate) 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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