Lamp post on corner of Tufton Street and 2 Dean Trench Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 2024. Lamp post. 3 related planning applications.
Lamp post on corner of Tufton Street and 2 Dean Trench Street
- WRENN ID
- silver-paling-grain
- 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 on corner of Tufton Street and 2 Dean Trench Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3HE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 790
- Coordinates
- 51.49582, -0.12824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gas street light is located at the corner of Tufton Street and 2 Dean Trench Street. It features a 1910 Eddystone column with a Rochester-type lantern that was likely installed around 1930.
The lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. The column is tapering and fluted, characteristic of the Eddystone design, and is topped with an upright Rochester lantern. The base of the column displays the Westminster City Council crest on one side, while the opposite side features the royal cypher G V R along with the date 1910. There is also an oval plaque with an illegible number on another side.
The lantern itself has a circular drum and rain-shield made of copper, positioned above an inverted, six-mantle burner encased in teardrop-shaped glass with a drainage hole at its base and an enamelled steel reflector. This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle, which has two curved uprights extending from the clock box. These uprights retain much of their original decorative ironwork scrolls, typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns.
Local climate
Lamp post on corner of Tufton Street and 2 Dean Trench 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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