Richardson Candle group in St Johns Street and north Trinity Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 2011. Street lamp.

Richardson Candle group in St Johns Street and north Trinity Street

WRENN ID
gaunt-courtyard-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 2011
Type
Street lamp
Address
Richardson Candle group in St Johns Street and north Trinity Street, Three Richardson Candle Lamp Posts Outside St John's College Chapel, No.S 14-16 St John's Street, Outside All Saints Garden, Trinity Street and One Wall-Mounted Lamp Attached to the School of Divinity, St John's Street
OS grid reference
TL 448 587
Coordinates
52.20832, 0.11851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Richardson Candle street lamps, designed specifically for Cambridge City by Sir Albert Richardson in 1957, are located in St John's Street and north Trinity Street. Manufactured by the REVO electrical company, these lamps feature a vertical, tubular lantern made of translucent glass that houses fluorescent tubes. The lantern is topped and based with simple cast-iron elements and is supported by a slim, fluted column made of bronze-coloured cast-iron.

There is also a wall-mounted version of the lamp, which is secured to the building with a pair of plain metal brackets at each end. The lower bracket is embossed with the word REVO.

Local climate

Richardson Candle group in St Johns Street and north Trinity Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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