4 1/2, WAPPING PIER HEAD E1 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Commercial property.

4 1/2, WAPPING PIER HEAD E1 (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
turning-corbel-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1950
Type
Commercial property
OS grid reference
TQ 345 800
Coordinates
51.50322, -0.06224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 16 at Wapping Pier Head, built in 1811, is located at the rear of Nos 5 to 10, accessed through a tunnel entrance between Nos 6 and 7. The facade leading to Wapping Old Stairs features stock brick with a broad stone and brick plinth, above which are five shallow recessed brick arches and four round-headed windows. The iron railings and paved roadway of Wapping Pier Head are part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 15, No 4½ Town of Ramsgate Public House, Oliver's Wharf, this section of the wall and entrance to London Docks, and four bollards along Wapping Old Stairs and Wapping High Street.

Local climate

4 1/2, WAPPING PIER HEAD E1 (See details for further address information) 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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