London riverside flat with links to the Mary Rose - London Daily News

"Java Wharf is an attractive Grade II listed converted Victorian warehouse occupying a prominent dockside location in the characterful Shad Thames. Set on the western bank of the river Neckinger, a tributary of the river Thames, with long-reaching views along the water through original sash windows and from a private balcony is a magnificent 1,000 sq. ft. one-bedroom apartment, which Is available for £750,000 through Anderson Rose. Benefitting from an abundance of industrial character and charm the history and origin of the site the building rests upon is a captivating tale with links to one of the world’s most infamous moments in English history.

Standing on the western bank of The Neckinger, which was enlarged and embanked by the monks of Bermondsey Abbey in the 13th century, Java Wharf is located on part of the site that was first established as a windmill named The Mill of St. Saviour – after the abbey’s patron saint.

After the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in 1536, the windmill was converted into a water mill before being repurposed in 1544 into the first water-powered gunpowder factory in England to support the country’s war with France."

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