Arc Lamp Post Approximately 40 Metres South West of Avonbank is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. A C19 Lamp post.
Arc Lamp Post Approximately 40 Metres South West of Avonbank
- WRENN ID
- gilded-wattle-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 December 1994
- Type
- Lamp post
- OS grid reference
- ST 566 738
- Coordinates
- 51.46207, -2.62554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an arc lamp post located approximately 40 metres south-west of Avonbank in Clifton, Bristol. It was designed in 1898 by H.F. Proctor and is made of cast iron. The lamp post features a wide moulded base with panels that display the City crest. The shaft tapers upwards and is topped with a foliate design that curves into a half-circle, adorned with curly brackets supporting the lamp and a cast-iron flower. The lamp has been relamped.
Local climate
Arc Lamp Post Approximately 40 Metres South West of Avonbank receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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