Lampstandard Opposite West End of Downing Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Lampstand.
Lampstandard Opposite West End of Downing Street
- WRENN ID
- idle-oriel-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1970
- Type
- Lampstand
- Address
- Lampstandard Opposite West End of Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1A 2AD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 799
- Coordinates
- 51.50344, -0.12841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a presentation lamp standard located opposite the west end of Downing Street in the City of Westminster. It was designed in 1907 by S. Nicholson. The lamp standard is made of bronze and features three bracketed lamps. The base is adorned with figures of children and fish, while another child is depicted at the top of the shaft. This lamp standard was presented by the Royal Academy of Arts.
Local climate
Lampstandard Opposite West End of Downing Street 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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