Lamp Post to North Side of West Front of the Cathedral is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1994. Lamp post.

Lamp Post to North Side of West Front of the Cathedral

WRENN ID
plain-chimney-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1994
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post to North Side of West Front of the Cathedral, the Close
OS grid reference
SK 115 097
Coordinates
52.68534, -1.83128
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lamp post, located on the north side of the west front of Lichfield Cathedral, dates from around 1880. It is made of cast and wrought iron and features a moulded plinth supporting a fluted post with a twisted top section. The post is adorned with a cluster of four shafts that have finials and scrolled decorations. The lantern has a scrolled base and tracery heads on the sides and canted angles, topped with cresting and a glazed pyramidal cap. There is a small post with a valve on the side. Originally, this lamp post was connected to another lamp post on the south side by enriched iron railings.

Local climate

Lamp Post to North Side of West Front of the Cathedral receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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