Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 89 and 90 is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Lamp post.
Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 89 and 90
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chancel-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 89 and 90, High Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1EA
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 381
- Coordinates
- 52.02034, 0.24002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a lamp post located in front of numbers 89 and 90 on High Street in Saffron Walden. It dates from between 1836 and 1850 and stands approximately 5.5 meters high. Originally situated in the Market Place, it was moved to High Street in 1863 and then relocated from the War Memorial site to its current position in 1921. The lamp post is made of cast iron and features a round tapered fluted stem that is topped with a bold leaf-decorated quarter round and cyma moulded base. The lower supporting pedestal consists of a reeded drum with a lower cornice that matches the stem. At the base, there is a broad moulded section that rests on the pavement. The upper section, added in the 20th century, is cylindrical and holds a pair of bracketed lamps with decorative scrolled ironwork and pierced crown heads. An acorn from the 19th century stem protrudes at the top. Historical photographs from 1854 show this lamp as a central feature of the Market Place.
Local climate
Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 89 and 90 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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