Area Railings at 8 and 10 is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Railings. 3 related planning applications.

Area Railings at 8 and 10

WRENN ID
bitter-wattle-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1950
Type
Railings
Address
Area Railings at 8 and 10, Fournier Street E1, E1 6QE
OS grid reference
TQ 338 817
Coordinates
51.51917, -0.07273
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The area railings at numbers 8 and 10 Fournier Street are from the early 18th century. Number 8 is constructed of brown brick, which is painted red, while number 10 features red brick dressings. Both buildings are three storeys tall, with a basement and attic; number 8 has gabled dormers in the attic. Each building has three windows, each with flush frames and glazing bars set under segmental arches. Number 8 has modern glazing on the first and second floors, while the other windows are unbarred sashes. Number 10 retains glazing bars. The wood doorcases have fluted pilasters and an architrave that rises to a dentilled cornice at the center. The area railings are also a notable feature. These buildings are part of a group that includes the Great Synagogue, numbers 1 to 39 (odd), numbers 2 to 20 (even), number 84 (The Ten Bells Public House), Christ Church on Commercial Street, and numbers 57 and 59 Brick Lane, as well as number 2 Wilkes Street.

Local climate

Area Railings at 8 and 10 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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