Lamp Post Approximately 2 Metres South East of Rear of St George's Almshouses 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 Approximately 2 Metres South East of Rear of St George's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- salt-portal-birch
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SZ 009 904
- Coordinates
- 50.71353, -1.98835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a street lamp located approximately 2 metres south-east of the rear of St George's Almshouses, 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 is decorated with a spiral binding. The lamp has a scrolled bracket supporting a tapered square lamp, which is topped with a cap and finial.
Local climate
Lamp Post Approximately 2 Metres South East of Rear of St George's Almshouses 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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