Lamp post outside 24 Russell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2024. Lamp post.
Lamp post outside 24 Russell Street
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-ashlar-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2024
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp post outside 24 Russell Street, London, City of Westminster, WC2B 5HF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51286, -0.12094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp post outside 24 Russell Street is a gas street light dating from 1910, made by William Sugg and Company Limited. It features a replacement Upright Rochester-type lantern installed by Sugg Lighting Limited in the later 20th century.
The lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. It consists of a tapering, fluted 'Eddystone' column topped with the late-20th century lantern.
On the upper part of the base of the column, one side displays the wording and crest of Westminster City Council, while the other side features the royal cypher G V R along with the date 1910. The lower ring of the column is embossed with the manufacturer's name, SUGG.
The replacement lantern includes a circular drum and rain-shield above an inverted, six-mantle burner enclosed in teardrop-shaped glass with a drainage hole at the base. This assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved stabilising uprights extending from the clock box.
Local climate
Lamp post outside 24 Russell 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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