Lamp Standard on Pavement Outside Entrance to Royal College of Organists is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Lamp standard.

Lamp Standard on Pavement Outside Entrance to Royal College of Organists

WRENN ID
strange-oriel-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Lamp standard
Address
Lamp Standard on Pavement Outside Entrance to Royal College of Organists, Kensington Gore Sw7, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 265 795
Coordinates
51.50089, -0.17825
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lamp standard, located on the pavement outside the entrance to the Royal College of Organists in Kensington Gore, London, is likely from the early 20th century. It is made of cast iron and features a fluted shaft topped with a Nico lantern. The lamp standard is included for its group value with the College and the Royal Albert Hall.

Local climate

Lamp Standard on Pavement Outside Entrance to Royal College of Organists sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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