Lamp Standard Approximately 10 Metres West of York Minster is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Lamp standard.
Lamp Standard Approximately 10 Metres West of York Minster
- WRENN ID
- empty-hinge-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1997
- Type
- Lamp standard
- OS grid reference
- SE 602 521
- Coordinates
- 53.96222, -1.08339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lamp standard, located approximately 10 metres west of York Minster, dates from around 1860 and was manufactured by the Walker Foundry in Walmgate, York. It is made of cast iron and features an octagonal column with trefoil-headed panelled sides, topped by a tapering octagonal shaft on a moulded pedestal. The design includes a plain cross bar and cusped, traceried spandrels. It has two square, tapering lanterns that are finished with acorn finials.
Local climate
Lamp Standard Approximately 10 Metres West of York Minster receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No sale records on file
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