Iron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Railings.
Iron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping Basin
- WRENN ID
- drifting-quartz-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railings
- Address
- Iron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping Basin, Iron Railings (Including Lamp Brackets) to Nos 1 to 10 (Consec) and on Both Sides of Former Swing Bridge to Wapping Basin
- OS grid reference
- TQ 345 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50347, -0.06254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The iron railings, including lamp brackets, at Wapping Pier Head date from 1811 and are located in front of properties numbered 1 to 10. These railings feature spear finials and are also found on both sides of the former swing bridge leading to Wapping Basin. The railings and the paved roadway contribute to a group that includes the properties numbered 1 to 15, the Town of Ramsgate Public House at No 4½, Oliver's Wharf, a section of the wall and entrance to London Docks, and four bollards, as well as Wapping Old Stairs and Wapping High Street.
Local climate
Iron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping Basin 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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- Four bollards (one outside 4, Wapping Pier Head, three on opposite side of Wapping High Street flanking the entrance to Hermitage Wall)
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