Pair of lamp posts at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. Lamp post. 1 related planning application.
Pair of lamp posts at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields
- WRENN ID
- lone-wattle-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Pair of lamp posts at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields, Lincoln's Inn Fields Gardens, London, WC2A 3AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 306 814
- Coordinates
- 51.51646, -0.11826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of large Victorian cast-iron lamp posts, dating from around 1887, are located at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields Park. These lamp posts were relocated from Battersea Park in 2009, during which they were restored and converted to electrical supply.
The lamp posts are made of cast iron, copper, and glass, and they stand on a triangular area of pavement flanking a granite water fountain, which is separately listed. Each lamp post is positioned on reclaimed chamfered granite plinths. The fluted circular bases rise from an egg and dart moulded collar and feature a copper filigree design of thistle leaves, leading to a second egg and dart collar at waist-height.
The main columns are also fluted, rising from a bronze ring adorned with thistle detail, and culminate in a decorative composite capital. Above this capital, two curved arms support glass globes, secured by bands of black painted copper. At the center of the capital, a cast iron upright supports an elaborate crown featuring the initials VR.
Local climate
Pair of lamp posts at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields 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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