Wine Cellars at Premises of Messers Asher Storey is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Wine cellars. 1 related planning application.
Wine Cellars at Premises of Messers Asher Storey
- WRENN ID
- scattered-minaret-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wine cellars
- Address
- Wine Cellars at Premises of Messers Asher Storey, 8-10, Tower Hill Ec3, EC3N 4EE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 334 806
- Coordinates
- 51.5092, -0.07856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wine cellars at the premises of Messrs Asher Storey, located at Nos 8 to 10 Tower Hill, date from the mid-19th century and are partially situated in the City of London, below a raised public terrace. The outer doorway features rusticated stone quoins and is set in a partly rebuilt wall. There is a 19th-century crane alongside the entrance. The cellars span three levels with walls that are 20 inches thick. Earlier cellars on this site are believed to have connections with All Hallows Church, the Tiger Tavern, and the Tower of London. Inside, an iron spiral staircase and a plain stone stair provide access. The brick vaulted roof is supported by cylindrical iron pillars set on closely spaced beams. There are vats from 1910-1912 of an unusual Swiss design, lined with glass tiles and set in concrete. These cellars are the last remaining evidence of the once extensive wine trade in this area.
Local climate
Wine Cellars at Premises of Messers Asher Storey 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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