Lamp Post at St Pancras Almshouses to the North of Nos 1-5 is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 2001. Lamp post.

Lamp Post at St Pancras Almshouses to the North of Nos 1-5

WRENN ID
watchful-wall-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 2001
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post at St Pancras Almshouses to the North of Nos 1-5, Southampton Road, NW5 4HU
OS grid reference
TQ 278 850
Coordinates
51.54967, -0.1568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a lamp post located at the St Pancras Almshouses, positioned to the north of numbers 1-5 on Southampton Road. It was made in the late 19th century and is constructed from cast iron. The lamp post features an octagonal pedestal and a spiral column adorned with decorative flowers, leaves, and beading. It includes a swan neck bracket and a saucer bulb holder. A plate on the lamp post indicates that it was manufactured by the Acme Lighting and Engineering Company of St Albans.

Local climate

Lamp Post at St Pancras Almshouses to the North of Nos 1-5 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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