Pair of Lamp Standards Flanking Entrance to Numbers 15 and 17 is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Lamp standards. 2 related planning applications.
Pair of Lamp Standards Flanking Entrance to Numbers 15 and 17
- WRENN ID
- spare-cobalt-pearl
- 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 standards
- Address
- Pair of Lamp Standards Flanking Entrance to Numbers 15 and 17, Charlotte Street W1, City of Westminster, W1T 1ND
- OS grid reference
- TQ 295 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51843, -0.13483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of lamp standards flanking the entrance to numbers 15 and 17 on Charlotte Street, built around 1880, are made of cast iron. They feature a pyramidal square pedestal and octagonal shafts topped with large hexagonal lanterns that have finials. These lamp standards are an ornate example used to indicate and publicise a commercial establishment.
Local climate
Pair of Lamp Standards Flanking Entrance to Numbers 15 and 17 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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