Trinity House Chain Locker and Lighthouse Block is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Chain locker, lighthouse block. 2 related planning applications.
Trinity House Chain Locker and Lighthouse Block
- WRENN ID
- old-cloister-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1983
- Type
- Chain locker, lighthouse block
- Address
- Trinity House Chain Locker and Lighthouse Block, Orchard Place E14
- OS grid reference
- TQ 394 806
- Coordinates
- 51.50781, 0.00815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trinity House Chain Locker and Lighthouse Block is a building from around 1860, constructed from stock brick and featuring a double gabled design with an octagonal lighthouse integrated into the east gable end, which faces the river. The building has coped parapet gable ends and squat segmental gauged brick arched windows. The south side has a raised wall with a segmental head above a blocked former large work door. There are oculi in the upper part of the gable flanking the lighthouse tower, which has recessed full-height panels framing narrow windows, with blind panels at the "third floor" level. A moulded cornice gallery encircles the base of the circular lantern. Originally, there was a similar light on the east gable. The north gabled section has the same fenestration details. This block was used as a chain locker shop for servicing Trinity House lights and ships and is still utilized for repair work.
Local climate
Trinity House Chain Locker and Lighthouse Block 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 — 2 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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