Street Lamp at South End of East Side of Avenham Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Street lamp.

Street Lamp at South End of East Side of Avenham Walk

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Street lamp
Address
Street Lamp at South End of East Side of Avenham Walk, Bushell Place
OS grid reference
SD 541 288
Coordinates
53.75353, -2.69704
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This street lamp standard, located at the south end of the east side of Avenham Walk in Preston, dates from the mid-19th century and has been altered. It is made of cast iron and features a square pedestal with shouldered panels. The fluted shaft is adorned with acanthus leaf decoration at the base, includes two intermediate rings, and has a gadrooned cap. A replacement lantern was being fitted at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Street Lamp at South End of East Side of Avenham Walk sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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