Pair of Lamp Posts Flanking Entrance to Central Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1981. Lamp post. 5 related planning applications.

Pair of Lamp Posts Flanking Entrance to Central Police Station

WRENN ID
gentle-plinth-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1981
Type
Lamp post
Address
Pair of Lamp Posts Flanking Entrance to Central Police Station, Nelson Street
OS grid reference
ST 589 732
Coordinates
51.45673, -2.5927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This description is for a pair of lamp posts that flank the entrance to the Central Police Station in Bristol. They were constructed around 1928 and are made of cast iron. The lamp posts are positioned approximately 10 meters apart and 2 meters from the station. Each post features square bases and fluted shafts topped with a thick abacus. On either side of the abacus, there are lion heads that hold a ring, and the lamps themselves are made of white glass.

Local climate

Pair of Lamp Posts Flanking Entrance to Central Police Station 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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