7 Lampstandards Numbered G4, 5 and 6 and G9, 10, 11 and 12 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Lampstandards.

7 Lampstandards Numbered G4, 5 and 6 and G9, 10, 11 and 12

WRENN ID
twelfth-clay-larch
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
Lampstandards
Address
7 Lampstandards Numbered G4, 5 and 6 and G9, 10, 11 and 12, Smith Square Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 301 790
Coordinates
51.49574, -0.12643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are seven lampstandards numbered G4, G5, G6, G9, G10, G11, and G12, located in Smith Square, Westminster. They date from the early to mid-19th century and are made of cast iron. Each lampstandard features a square section battered base and a shaft topped with tulip heads, along with Rochester or earlier square finialed lanterns. These lampstandards are part of a notable sequence of gas lampstandards in the area. For reference, lampstandard G1 can be found at Nos. 3 to 5 Smith Square, and lampstandards G2, G3, G7, and G8 are located at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Smith Square.

Local climate

7 Lampstandards Numbered G4, 5 and 6 and G9, 10, 11 and 12 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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