Lamp post outside 2 Lord North Street 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 2 Lord North Street

WRENN ID
silver-sandstone-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 2 Lord North Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LB
OS grid reference
TQ 301 792
Coordinates
51.49682, -0.12709
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lamp post outside 2 Lord North Street is a gas street light that was erected by 1914. It features a Brompton-type column and a Rochester-type lantern made by Sugg Lighting Limited in the later 20th century.

The lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. It has a tapering Brompton column adorned with acanthus leaves at both the base and the top, along with a cylindrical extension. At the top, it is fitted with an upright Rochester lantern, which includes a circular drum and rain-shield above an inverted, six-mantle burner housed in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure that has a drainage hole at its base. The entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved stabilising uprights that extend from the clock box.

Local climate

Lamp post outside 2 Lord North 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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