Pennington Street Warehouse - Open House

The historic vaults inside the Pennington Street Warehouse in Wapping will open to the public on Saturday 17 (10am – 1pm) and Sunday 18 September 2016 (1pm – 5pm) as part of the Open House London weekend.

The Grade II listed brick warehouse was built in 1908 as part of the first enclosed commercial docks in the capital, designed to store expensive cargo held in bond. It has been closed to the public for more than 200 years and is now part of the London Dock development being undertaken by St George.

As part of the London Dock development, the warehouse will be sensitively restored and brought back to use as the commercial heart of the development with an eclectic mix of retail, restaurants, galleries and offices.

Part of the historic warehouse is used by Bow Arts to provide affordable working space for more than 100 emerging artists, designers and makers. These studios, as well as the warehouse’s vaulted basement, will open this weekend for fans of 19th century industrial architecture and local history to explore.