Former Police Station to Royal Dockyard is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1992. Police station. 11 related planning applications.

Former Police Station to Royal Dockyard

WRENN ID
tilted-chapel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1992
Type
Police station
Address
Former Police Station to Royal Dockyard, Woolwich Church Street, SE18 5NS
OS grid reference
TQ 422 790
Coordinates
51.4926, 0.04775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former police station to the Royal Dockyard, built in 1843 as indicated on the hopper, is currently used as offices. It is constructed of stock brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings and a slate roof featuring two paired chimneys that resemble bridges. The building has two storeys and five windows. Notable architectural features include stone coping, a moulded cornice, and a band between the floors. The façade displays five 12-pane sash windows with cambered heads and paler brick voussoirs, along with two Tuscan tooled stone porches.

Local climate

Former Police Station to Royal Dockyard 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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