Lamp Post at Junction with Paradise Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1974. Street lamp.

Lamp Post at Junction with Paradise Street

WRENN ID
tattered-alcove-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole MP: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1974
Type
Street lamp
Address
Lamp Post at Junction with Paradise Street, the Quay
OS grid reference
SZ 008 902
Coordinates
50.71232, -1.98913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a street lamp located at the junction with Paradise Street in Poole, dating from the late 19th century. It is made of cast iron and features a round plinth with a decorated panel, as well as a band adorned with shells and the arms of Poole. Below the shaft, there is an enriched band, and the shaft itself has a decorative spiral binding. The lamp is supported by a scrolled bracket and has a tapered square shape with a cap and finial on top.

Local climate

Lamp Post at Junction with Paradise Street receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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