Drapers Almshouses and Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1950. A C18 Almshouses, chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Drapers Almshouses and Chapel
- WRENN ID
- lesser-beam-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1950
- Type
- Almshouses, chapel
- Address
- Drapers Almshouses and Chapel, 41-49, Priscilla Road E3
- OS grid reference
- TQ 375 827
- Coordinates
- 51.52701, -0.01921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drapers Almshouses and Chapel, located on Priscilla Road, were built in 1706. This structure consists of a range of four tenements with a central chapel. It is constructed of brick with red brick dressings. The chapel features a pedimented gable and a modillion cornice, with a tiled roof that has overhanging eaves and a moulded cornice, although it has undergone significant repairs and is currently felted. The building has quoins and stands two storeys high, with two windows on each side. Originally, the windows were double-hung sashes in flush frames with glazing bars, but they are now boarded up. The doorcases have been removed. The Almshouses and Chapel form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Drapers Almshouses and Chapel 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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