Lamp post outside Tufton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 2024. Lamp post.
Lamp post outside Tufton Court
- WRENN ID
- woven-rubble-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 2024
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp post outside Tufton Court, Tufton Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3QH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 791
- Coordinates
- 51.49657, -0.1284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp post outside Tufton Court is a gas street light that is believed to date from the late 19th century. It features a Brompton-type column and a Rochester-type lantern made by William Sugg & Company, likely around 1930.
The lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. The design includes a tapering Brompton column adorned with acanthus leaves at both the base and top, and it is topped with an extension shaft and an upright Rochester lantern. The square base of the column tapers and has an oval plaque with the number 6507.
The lantern itself consists of a circular drum and rain-shield made of copper, positioned above an inverted six-mantle burner enclosed in teardrop-shaped glass, which has a drainage hole at its base. It also features an enamelled steel reflector that is marked with the lettering ‘SUGG GAS LAMP’. This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved uprights extending from the clock box. These uprights still display some of their original decorative ironwork scrolls, characteristic of inter-war Rochester lanterns.
Local climate
Lamp post outside Tufton 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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