Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 17 and 18 is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 April 1992. A Mid to late C19 Lamp post. 1 related planning application.
Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 17 and 18
- WRENN ID
- drifting-grate-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 April 1992
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 17 and 18, Sussex Square, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN2 5AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 331 037
- Coordinates
- 50.81771, -0.11076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-to-late 19th-century gas standard was later converted to an electric light standard in the early 20th century. It is constructed of cast iron. The fluted, tapering shaft rises from the pavement to a cylindrical impost block. A single maintenance arm projects from the top of the shaft at a right angle. Above a rectangular circuit box is a swan-necked arm with a scroll bracket and a shallow dish reflector.
Local climate
Lamp Post in Front of Numbers 17 and 18 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 27 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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