Blackwall Pier and Entrance Lock to Former East India Dock Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1983. Pier, lock. 5 related planning applications.

Blackwall Pier and Entrance Lock to Former East India Dock Basin

WRENN ID
moated-railing-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1983
Type
Pier, lock
Address
Blackwall Pier and Entrance Lock to Former East India Dock Basin, East India Dock E14
OS grid reference
TQ 391 807
Coordinates
51.50812, 0.00343
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackwall Pier and the entrance lock to the former East India Dock Basin date from around 1803, with later enlargements. This structure serves as the entrance lock to the East India Dock Basin, designed by Rennie and Walker. It features brick facing with ashlar coping along the quays, and is partly protected by timber fending. The lock has been backfilled up to the later 19th-century iron plated lock gates. Beyond these gates, the quay walls display pairs of grooves cut into the ashlar blocks, likely intended for an earlier set of gates. The quays and pier still include their original bollards and capstans.

Local climate

Blackwall Pier and Entrance Lock to Former East India Dock Basin 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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