Air Shaft to the Rotherhithe Tunnel is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Air shaft. 1 related planning application.
Air Shaft to the Rotherhithe Tunnel
- WRENN ID
- waiting-pinnacle-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1983
- Type
- Air shaft
- Address
- Air Shaft to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, King Edward Vii Memorial Park E14
- OS grid reference
- TQ 355 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50852, -0.04839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The air shaft to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, built between 1904 and 1908, is a circular single-storey structure made of red brick with Portland stone dressings. This 'drum' design includes a staircase leading down to the tunnel and a pedestrian footpath. It is identical in design to the Surrey Shore air shaft located on Rotherhithe Street.
Local climate
Air Shaft to the Rotherhithe Tunnel 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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