Lamp Post in Front of Number 26 is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Lamp post. 1 related planning application.

Lamp Post in Front of Number 26

WRENN ID
watchful-rood-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1999
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post in Front of Number 26, Great College Street, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN2 1HJ
OS grid reference
TQ 324 038
Coordinates
50.81944, -0.12078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-to-late 19th century gas lamp standard, subsequently adapted for electric light in the late 19th or early 20th century. The lamp post is constructed of cast iron and another metal. It is in the form of a straight-sided, fluted, and tapering Tuscan column, featuring a single maintenance arm. At the top is a plain cylindrical impost over which sits a timing mechanism, marked BLEECO. This mechanism serves as a base for a swan-neck, tubular bracket, which is braced by a metal fillet shaped as a tendril. The lamp includes a shallow dish reflector. The lamp post is located in front of number 26, Great College Street, Brighton.

Local climate

Lamp Post in Front of Number 26 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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  • Sale history — 15 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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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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