Pair of Lamp Standards at North West End of New Walk at Junction with King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Lamp standards.
Pair of Lamp Standards at North West End of New Walk at Junction with King Street
- WRENN ID
- third-quartz-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Lamp standards
- Address
- Pair of Lamp Standards at North West End of New Walk at Junction with King Street, City of Leicester
- OS grid reference
- SK 588 040
- Coordinates
- 52.63126, -1.1322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of lamp standards, dating from the 19th century, is located at the north-west end of New Walk, where it meets King Street. They are made of cast iron and feature fluted designs. Each standard has an elliptical arch overthrow with a lamp positioned at the center.
Local climate
Pair of Lamp Standards at North West End of New Walk at Junction with King Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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