Two Lamp Posts is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Lamp posts.

Two Lamp Posts

WRENN ID
weathered-mantel-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Lamp posts
Address
Two Lamp Posts, Cumberland Place, NW1 4NA
OS grid reference
TQ 287 829
Coordinates
51.53045, -0.14573
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two lamp posts located in Cumberland Place, dating from around 1830. They are made of cast iron and feature column standards with Nicolan lanterns. Each lamp post is inscribed with "GR IV".

Local climate

Two Lamp Posts 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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