Eighteen Lamp Posts on the Forecourt of the British Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Lamp posts. 107 related planning applications.

Eighteen Lamp Posts on the Forecourt of the British Museum

WRENN ID
tired-keep-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Lamp posts
Address
Eighteen Lamp Posts on the Forecourt of the British Museum, Great Russell Street
OS grid reference
TQ 301 816
Coordinates
51.51859, -0.12584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Eighteen lamp posts are located in the forecourt of the British Museum. These lamp posts date from the mid-19th century and are made of elaborate cast iron in the Rochester style, featuring ladder bars. They stand on stone plinths, with the four lamp posts opposite the portico each having three globes.

Local climate

Eighteen Lamp Posts on the Forecourt of the British Museum 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 107 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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