The Royal Mint is a Grade II* listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Institution. 17 related planning applications.

The Royal Mint

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Institution
Address
The Royal Mint, Tower Hill Ec3
OS grid reference
TQ 338 806
Coordinates
51.50924, -0.07236
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Mint, built around 1811, was designed by architect James Johnson and later altered by Sir Robert Smirke. The building features a stone exterior with a rusticated ground floor, stone stacks, and a slate roof. It has three storeys, with the central five bays showcasing a Doric order on the first and second floors, supported by engaged columns beneath a pediment. The Royal Arms are displayed in the tympanum, while the end three bays are adorned with flat pilasters. Above, there is a Doric entablature and a balustraded parapet. The Royal Mint is part of a group of listed buildings.

Local climate

The Royal Mint 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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