Limehouse Cut Entrance Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Entrance walls. 1 related planning application.

Limehouse Cut Entrance Walls

WRENN ID
leaning-lancet-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Entrance walls
Address
Limehouse Cut Entrance Walls, Narrow Street E14
OS grid reference
TQ 363 807
Coordinates
51.50935, -0.03622
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Limehouse Cut entrance walls, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, are constructed of limestone and brick, featuring stone coping. The entrance walls are located on the south side of Narrow Street. The Limehouse Cut itself is currently blocked beyond Narrow Street on the north side.

Local climate

Limehouse Cut Entrance Walls 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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