Lamp post outside 15-16 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 15-16 Lord North Street

WRENN ID
stranded-keep-bittern
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 15-16 Lord North Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LD
OS grid reference
TQ 301 791
Coordinates
51.49659, -0.12717
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lamp post outside 15-16 Lord North Street is a gas street light of the Brompton type, erected by 1904. It features a later extension shaft and a Rochester-type lantern made by William Sugg and Company, likely around 1930.

The lamp post is made of cast iron and includes 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 top. The column's square base displays an oval plaque numbered 6525. The lantern consists of 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 the base. An enamelled steel reflector bears the lettering ‘SUGG GAS LIGHT’. This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle supported by two curved uprights that extend from the clock box, which still feature some original decorative ironwork scrolls typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns.

Local climate

Lamp post outside 15-16 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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