Dunbar Wharf - Four warehouses numbered 136, 136½, 138, 140, Narrrow Street is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Warehouse. 5 related planning applications.
Dunbar Wharf - Four warehouses numbered 136, 136½, 138, 140, Narrrow Street
- WRENN ID
- waning-storey-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Dunbar Wharf - Four warehouses numbered 136, 136½, 138, 140, Narrrow Street, 136 1/2, 138 and 140, Narrow Street E14, E14 8BP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 367 807
- Coordinates
- 51.5088, -0.03054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dunbar Wharf consists of four warehouses numbered 136, 136½, 138, and 140, built around the mid-19th century. These warehouses are constructed from stock brick and feature slate roofs. The waterside elevations are mostly three storeys high, although the western warehouse is two storeys. The windows have segmental arches, with the windows of each warehouse typically arranged on either side of a central door. The western warehouse has a weatherboarded facade with long windows positioned under the eaves. The second warehouse from the east includes an end door rank. The warehouses at Dunbar Wharf, along with Nos 142, 148, and 150, form a cohesive group above Limekiln Dock.
Local climate
Dunbar Wharf - Four warehouses numbered 136, 136½, 138, 140, Narrrow Street 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
- Sale history — 23 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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