Lamp post opposite 78, Octagon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Lamp post.

Lamp post opposite 78, Octagon Road

WRENN ID
waning-thatch-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp post opposite 78, Octagon Road, Whiteley
OS grid reference
TQ 093 623
Coordinates
51.34938, -0.43062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lamp post, located opposite number 78 on Octagon Road in Whiteley Village, dates from around 1912. It is made of cast iron and features a square, four-legged base with a diagonally framed basket top. The lamp post has a tapering standard that supports a lantern adorned with a decorative finial, which is mounted on a double scroll-work arm that curves in an S-shape.

Local climate

Lamp post opposite 78, Octagon Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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