Embankment Wall, Railings and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A 19th century Wall.
Embankment Wall, Railings and Steps
- WRENN ID
- moated-postern-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Embankment Wall, Railings and Steps, Naval Row, E14
- OS grid reference
- TQ 384 808
- Coordinates
- 51.50966, -0.00658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The embankment wall, railings, and steps on the north side of Naval Row, E14, date from the 19th century. This structure is made of stock brick and supports the embankment, which features trees and paths, and is located below the boundary wall of the East India Dock. The wall continues behind Robin Hood's Lane and is topped with iron railings that have spear-shaped finials. The embankment wall and steps are part of a group that includes the East India Dock Pumping Station and the East India Dock Boundary Wall on East India Dock Wall Road.
Local climate
Embankment Wall, Railings and Steps 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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