Gate Piers and Overthrow at Lady Mico's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A C17 Gate piers.

Gate Piers and Overthrow at Lady Mico's Almshouses

WRENN ID
solemn-wicket-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers and Overthrow at Lady Mico's Almshouses, Stepney High Street E1
OS grid reference
TQ 360 814
Coordinates
51.51567, -0.04097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and overthrow at Lady Mico's Almshouses are located on Stepney High Street and date from the 18th century. The structure features capped gate piers made of stuccoed brickwork. A simple scroll wrought iron overthrow is present, which includes a central lamp.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Overthrow at Lady Mico's Almshouses 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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