43 lamp standards on Lime Street front is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1952. Lamp standards.
43 lamp standards on Lime Street front
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-oriel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1952
- Type
- Lamp standards
- Address
- 43 lamp standards on Lime Street front, St George's Plateau
- OS grid reference
- SJ 349 906
- Coordinates
- 53.40866, -2.9796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are 43 lamp standards located on the Lime Street front of St. George's Plateau, dating from the mid-19th century. These lamp standards were designed by Alfred Stevens and are made of cast iron. Each standard features three dolphins entwined around the base. One lamp standard is positioned to the west of the portico of St. George's Hall, while the others are situated between the hall and Lime Street.
Local climate
43 lamp standards on Lime Street front sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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