Lamp Post in Staple Inn Court is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Lamp post.

Lamp Post in Staple Inn Court

WRENN ID
stubborn-gallery-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post in Staple Inn Court, Staple Inn Buildings Wc1, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 311 815
Coordinates
51.51781, -0.1111
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lamp-post located in Staple Inn Court, dating from the 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a fluted standard, a lantern of Windsor pattern, and a ladder bar. This lamp-post was previously listed in the London Borough of Camden, but since April 1, 1994, Staple Inn has been part of the City of London.

Local climate

Lamp Post in Staple Inn Court 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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