Two Lamp Standards in Front of Main Entrance to Museum and Library is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. Lamp standards.

Two Lamp Standards in Front of Main Entrance to Museum and Library

WRENN ID
tangled-lime-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1994
Type
Lamp standards
Address
Two Lamp Standards in Front of Main Entrance to Museum and Library, Borough Road
OS grid reference
NZ 398 568
Coordinates
54.90439, -1.3806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two lamp standards are located in front of the main entrance to the Museum and Library in Sunderland. These lamp standards were originally placed in front of Sunderland Town Hall, which opened in 1890 and was demolished in 1971. They date from around 1910 and are made of cast iron. Each standard features a panelled octagonal base that supports a cluster of foliage, from which a tapered post rises. Each standard has three lamp holders: two on arms and one at the top, which may have been restored. The lamp standards are flanked by additional standards that date from around 1980.

Local climate

Two Lamp Standards in Front of Main Entrance to Museum and Library sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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