Lamp post outside 11 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. 1 related planning application.

Lamp post outside 11 Lord North Street

WRENN ID
nether-pillar-woodpecker
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 11 Lord North Street, London, City of Westminster, SW1P 3LA
OS grid reference
TQ 301 791
Coordinates
51.49637, -0.12705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lamp post outside 11 Lord North Street is a gas street light that features a Brompton-type column, erected by 1914, with a Rochester-type lantern likely added around 1930.

It is made of cast iron for the lamp post, with a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. The lamp post has a tapering Brompton column adorned with acanthus leaves at both the base and the top, and it is topped with an extension shaft and an upright Rochester lantern. The square base of the column displays an oval plaque numbered 6526 on one side and the letters St I E W on the other.

The lantern itself has a circular drum and rain-shield made of copper, positioned above an inverted, six-mantle burner encased in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure that includes a drainage hole at its base and an enamelled steel reflector. This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved uprights extending from the clock box. These uprights still feature some original decorative ironwork scrolls, which are characteristic of inter-war Rochester lanterns.

Local climate

Lamp post outside 11 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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