Lamp Post, Standing in A Central Position in Front of the Gateway at St George's Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Gosport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1983. Lamp post.
Lamp Post, Standing in A Central Position in Front of the Gateway at St George's Barracks
- WRENN ID
- fading-mantel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gosport
- Constituency
- Gosport MP: Dame Caroline Dinenage (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1983
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp Post, Standing in A Central Position in Front of the Gateway at St George's Barracks, Mumby Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 616 002
- Coordinates
- 50.79824, -1.12652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp post, located centrally in front of the gateway at St George's Barracks, dates from the mid-19th century. It features a massive square base that rises and narrows in design. The upper half includes classical base moulds that support a spiral of dolphins. The design continues with hexagonal moulding and semi-natural forms, culminating in a small lamp at the top.
Local climate
Lamp Post, Standing in A Central Position in Front of the Gateway at St George's Barracks receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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