Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to St Katharine's Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A C19 Boundary wall. 6 related planning applications.
Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to St Katharine's Dock
- WRENN ID
- young-gable-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to St Katharine's Dock, St Katharine's Way Ec3, E1W 1AT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 338 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50837, -0.07203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall and gate piers to St Katharine's Dock date from the early 19th century. The wall is constructed of stock brick and features a white stone coping. The gate piers are topped with white stone caps, some of which have vermiculated stone banding. The structure is located along St Katharine's Way, East Smithfield, and Thomas More Street.
This boundary wall and gate piers are part of a group that includes Warehouses B, C, G, and I, the Dockmaster's Office, the house next to No. 6 gate, and the footbridge within St Katharine's Dock.
Local climate
Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to St Katharine's Dock 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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- 1 Quay Walls to Basin and East and West Docks St Katherine's Dock
- 2 Dockmaster's Office
- 3 Surviving Boundary Walls to the Former London Docks (Western Dock), at Thomas More Street, East Smithfield, Redmead Lane, Pennington Street, Wapping Lane, Reardon Street and Tench Street. with Gate Piers at South End of Hermitage Basin, and Wall to South-East of Hermitage Basin, Gate Piers and Attached Wall at North-East End of Pier Head, and Boundary Wall to North and West of St John’s Churchyard.
- 4 Boundary Wall Gate Piers and Steps to Rear (West) and Side (North) of Old Dock Offices
- 5 Footbridge (Between the Basin and East Dock Water Areas)
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- Group of 3 Bollards at Lock Between Basin and East Dock, St Katherine's Docks
- Tower Bridge Approach
- Footbridge (Between the Basin and East Dock Water Areas)