Ventilation Standard on Island North of Oxford Circus is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Ventilation standard. 18 related planning applications.

Ventilation Standard on Island North of Oxford Circus

WRENN ID
vacant-joist-wind
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
Ventilation standard
Address
Ventilation Standard on Island North of Oxford Circus, Regent Street W1, City of Westminster, W1B 3AL
OS grid reference
TQ 290 812
Coordinates
51.51584, -0.14219
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ventilation Standard located on the island north of Oxford Circus is a late 19th-century cast iron lamp standard. It is designed in the form of a Corinthian column and features an added Nico lantern.

Local climate

Ventilation Standard on Island North of Oxford Circus 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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  • Related listed building consents — 18 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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