Aston Cross Lamp Standard at the Junction with Park Road is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Lamp standard.
Aston Cross Lamp Standard at the Junction with Park Road
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Lamp standard
- Address
- Aston Cross Lamp Standard at the Junction with Park Road, Lichfield Road B6
- OS grid reference
- SP 080 889
- Coordinates
- 52.49883, -1.88333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aston Cross lamp standard, located at the junction with Park Road, is a Grade II listed structure, presumably dating from around 1891 and attributed to Arthur Edwards, although it may not be in its original position. The lamp standard is made of iron and features a column in the Ionic style, which originally supported scrolled arms for lamps that are now missing, along with a ball finial at the top.
Local climate
Aston Cross Lamp Standard at the Junction with Park Road receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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