The Old Granary is a Grade II listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1968. Granary. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Granary

WRENN ID
gaunt-steel-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barking and Dagenham
Constituency
Barking MP: Nesil Caliskan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1968
Type
Granary
Address
The Old Granary, Town Quay, IG11 7AZ
OS grid reference
TQ 439 837
Coordinates
51.53424, 0.07371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Granary is a mid-19th century building located on Town Quay in Barking. It is constructed of yellow brick and features a slate roof. The structure stands four storeys tall and has seven windows. At the right end, there is a tower that adds an extra storey and includes three windows, designed in an Italianate style with wide projecting eaves and a pyramidal roof. The left side of the building has a gable end with three windows, and there is a small gable in the centre that originally had a projecting hoist.

Local climate

The Old Granary 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 98% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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