Lampholder in Centre of Trafalgar Square is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. Lampholder. 2 related planning applications.
Lampholder in Centre of Trafalgar Square
- WRENN ID
- lone-ashlar-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1978
- Type
- Lampholder
- Address
- Lampholder in Centre of Trafalgar Square, Church Walk, SR1 2BW
- OS grid reference
- NZ 406 572
- Coordinates
- 54.90816, -1.367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lampholder in the center of Trafalgar Square, located in the courtyard of the Merchant Seamen's almshouses, dates from around 1840. It was created for the Trustees of the Muster Roll. The structure features an ashlar base and plinth, along with cast-iron lamp brackets.
Local climate
Lampholder in Centre of Trafalgar Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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