Parish Watch House at South West Corner of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Watch house. 2 related planning applications.
Parish Watch House at South West Corner of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- open-gallery-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Watch house
- Address
- Parish Watch House at South West Corner of Churchyard, Wood's Close E2, E2 6ET
- OS grid reference
- TQ 341 823
- Coordinates
- 51.52451, -0.0675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Watch House, located at the south-west corner of the churchyard, was built in 1826. It is constructed of brick and features a stone string course at the first-floor sill level, which is inscribed with the date of construction and the names of the churchwardens. The ground floor has two rusticated and vermiculated brick and stone arches, with a window and door set in recessed brick panels. The building has a stone-coped parapet and a stone plinth. It is two storeys high and has two windows under flat gauged arches, with glazing bars on those in the upper storey. The watch house is included for its historical and social interest and is part of a group with the listed buildings in St Matthews Row.
Local climate
Parish Watch House at South West Corner of Churchyard 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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- 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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