Lamp post outside 12 Cowley 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 12 Cowley Street
- WRENN ID
- woven-granite-sedge
- 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 12 Cowley Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 792
- Coordinates
- 51.49701, -0.12719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp post outside 12 Cowley Street is a gas street light that likely dates from the late 19th century. It features an ornate cast iron column with acanthus leaves at the base and floral mouldings. There is a later extension shaft topped with a Rochester-type lantern made by William Sugg and Company, probably around 1930.
The lamp post has a tapered squared base with an oval plaque displaying the number 6523 on one side and "LCC" for London County Council on the other. The lantern includes a circular drum and rain-shield made of copper, above an inverted six-mantle burner encased in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure that has a drainage hole at its base. An enamelled steel reflector is inscribed with the lettering "SUGG GAS LIGHT." This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved uprights that feature original decorative ironwork scrolls, characteristic of inter-war Rochester lanterns.
Local climate
Lamp post outside 12 Cowley 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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