Lamp 5 Metres East of West Lodge at Bestwood Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1987. A Victorian Lamp.

Lamp 5 Metres East of West Lodge at Bestwood Pumping Station

WRENN ID
worn-sandstone-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gedling
Constituency
Gedling MP: Michael Payne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1987
Type
Lamp
OS grid reference
SK 579 482
Coordinates
53.02877, -1.13749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This gas lamp, located 5 meters east of the West Lodge at Bestwood Pumping Station, was constructed in 1871. It is made of cast iron and features a broached square base, a tapered octagonal stem, foliate ornamentation, a glass globe, and a porcelain finial. This lamp is part of a pumping station that was one of three built in the late 19th century to serve Nottingham City. It is included in the listing for its group value context.

Local climate

Lamp 5 Metres East of West Lodge at Bestwood Pumping Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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