Lamp Post Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 23 is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1974. Lamp post.

Lamp Post Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 23

WRENN ID
solemn-sill-umber
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 post
OS grid reference
SZ 008 904
Coordinates
50.71325, -1.98993
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 19th-century street lamp located approximately 5 metres east of number 23 on Thames Street in Poole. It is made of cast iron and features a round plinth with a decorated panel, a band adorned with shells, and the arms of Poole above it. The column has an enriched band and decorative spiral binding. The lamp is supported by scrolled brackets and has a tapered square shape with a cap and finial at the top.

Local climate

Lamp Post Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 23 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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