6 Lamp Standards is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Lamp standards.
6 Lamp Standards
- WRENN ID
- secret-loggia-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Lamp standards
- Address
- 6 Lamp Standards, Marlborough Road Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 293 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50488, -0.13703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are six lamp standards located on Marlborough Road in the City of Westminster, dating from around 1820 to 1830. They are made of cast iron and feature octagonal bases and stems. The lamp standards are topped with Windsor lanterns and display George IV cyphers. They are part of the precinct surrounding St. James's Palace.
Local climate
6 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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