Lamp post on the corner of Henrietta Street and Southampton 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 on the corner of Henrietta Street and Southampton Street
- WRENN ID
- silver-grate-kestrel
- 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 the corner of Henrietta Street and Southampton Street, Covent Garden, City of Westminster, WC2E 8PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51147, -0.12271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp post located at the corner of Henrietta Street and Southampton Street is a gas street light featuring an Eddystone type column, which dates back to 1910 and was manufactured by Revo of Tipton. The lamp post includes an Upright Rochester lantern, likely installed around 1930.
This 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, identified as model 1275 in the William Sugg catalogue, known as the 'Eddystone'. The base of the column displays the Westminster City Council crest embossed on one side, along with a registration plaque numbered 3572. On the opposite side, there is the royal cypher G V R and the date 1910. Additionally, a plaque indicates the manufacturer of the column: REVO TIPTON.
The lantern features a circular, weatherproof chimney above an inverted, six-mantle burner encased in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure, which includes a drainage hole at its base. The main body of the lantern is supported by two upright arms that extend at right angles from a cast iron control clock box. These arms support a horizontal enamelled steel reflector that supplies gas to the burner. The arms also retain parts of their original decorative ironwork scrolls, characteristic of inter-war Rochester lanterns.
Local climate
Lamp post on the corner of Henrietta Street and Southampton 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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