Embankment Wall with Cast Iron Lamp Standards is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Wall.
Embankment Wall with Cast Iron Lamp Standards
- WRENN ID
- nether-sill-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1977
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Embankment Wall with Cast Iron Lamp Standards, Victoria Embankment Ec4, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 314 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51087, -0.10651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The embankment wall with cast iron lamp standards was built around 1864-70 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. It features a granite retaining wall and parapet, complete with piers and stairs. The wall is adorned with elaborate cast iron lamp standards that showcase intertwined fish and globular lanterns, which stand on dies in the parapet.
Local climate
Embankment Wall with Cast Iron Lamp Standards 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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