12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10

12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1358924
Date first listed:
08-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:
12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10
Statutory Address:
12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10
User submitted image
Contributed by Charles Watson This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2004-02-29
Reference:
IOE01/11903/07
Rights:
© Mr Richard M. Brown. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1358924
Date first listed:
08-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:
12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10
Statutory Address 1:
12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
Greenwich (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 38971 78294

Details

1. 4412 BALLAST QUAY SELO (formerly UNION WHARF)

Nos 12 to 16 (consec) TQ 3878 15/154

II GV

2. Nos12 to 16 (consec) were formerly Nos 5A, 6A, 7, 8, 9. Irregular terrace, largely early C19 in appearance, although the cambered window arches and some inside panelling suggest an early C18 origin. Each house 3 storeys, one window. Multicoloured stock brick with parapets. Some gauged, flat brick arches and some cambered brick arches to windows which are mainly restored sashes with glazing bars. No 12 some brickwork replaced possibly after war damage. Door of 6 panels (upper 4 glazed), with moulded cornice head and patterned radial fanlight, in stucco-lined reveal. No 13 1st floor window a french door, with margin lights, giving on to square wood balcony wmth trellised sides and swept hood, supported on curved brackets. Lower part of balcony in tongue-and-groove boarding., and 2 square supporting posts added below. Similar door to No 12 but fanlight blocked. Fire assurance sign at 1st floor right. No 14 Recessed windows inserted under older arches. Stucco lined reveals. 2nd floor window a C19 casement. Recessed panel in parapet above. Door of 6 panels, the upper 4 glazed, in stucco surround with gable-shaped peak. No 15 C19 casement window on 2nd floor. Door similar to No 14. No 16 Ground floor later sash in early, cambered recess. 1st floor balcony and window as No 13. Door as No 14. Roof visible from return as V-shape pantiled roof with central gully.

All the listed buildings on Ballast Quay, and, No 18, form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ3896278291

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
200203
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of 12-16, BALLAST QUAY SE10

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jul-2026 at 13:20:47.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos