Lamp Post Approximately 15 Metres East of Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1974. Lamp.

Lamp Post Approximately 15 Metres East of Number 2

WRENN ID
ghost-corner-blackthorn
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
Lamp
OS grid reference
SZ 007 904
Coordinates
50.71354, -1.99012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a street lamp located approximately 15 metres east of number 2 on St James's Close in Poole. It dates from the late 19th century and is made of cast iron. The lamp features a round plinth with a decorated panel and a band that includes shells and the arms of Poole. Below the shaft, there is an enriched band, and the shaft itself has a decorative spiral binding. It is supported by a scrolled bracket that holds a tapered square lamp topped with a cap and finial.

Local climate

Lamp Post Approximately 15 Metres East of Number 2 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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