For both CZWG and the developer, Jacobs Island, China Wharf was something of a post-conversion release. Luckily, the complicated result was built by one of London’s best builders, Harry Neal, who was also joint developer of the project.

Each of the three façades expresses an approach to building in Victorian warehouse Docklands. The front onto the street is the first view from downriver and also a party-wall with Reeds Wharf. Its London Stock brick with (reducing) openings is polite and handsome; the loophole frame makes a massive open keystone to the entrance arch and gobbles up Reeds Wharf like a train going into a tunnel.