Prospect of Whitby Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Public house. 10 related planning applications.
Prospect of Whitby Public House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-window-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Prospect of Whitby Public House, 57, Wapping Wall E1, E1W 3SH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 353 804
- Coordinates
- 51.50719, -0.05103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prospect of Whitby Public House is a historic building located at 57 Wapping Wall, originally believed to date back to around 1520. However, the front elevation was refaced in the early 19th century. The structure is built of yellow brick and stands three storeys tall with three windows. It features architraves around recessed sash windows with glazing bars. The south-west elevation is designed to imitate stone and is now painted white, while the river elevation includes a hooded balcony with a needled balustrade. Although the interior has been significantly altered, some 18th-century dado panelling remains on the first floor. The building is included in the register primarily for its historic associations and as a surviving riverside inn. The Prospect of Whitby, Pelican Stairs, and the London Hydraulic Power Company's Pumping Station are recognized as a group.
Local climate
Prospect of Whitby Public House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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