Arc Lamp Post Adjacent to North West Corner of Clifton Library is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Lamp post.
Arc Lamp Post Adjacent to North West Corner of Clifton Library
- WRENN ID
- vacant-transept-woodpecker
- 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 570 730
- Coordinates
- 51.45465, -2.61981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The arc lamp post, designed in 1888 by H.F. Proctor, is located adjacent to the north-west corner of Clifton Library in Bristol. It is made of cast iron and features a fluted base with panels that display the City Arms. The post is topped by a foliate bulb, and the shaft extends to a foliate top that curves into a half-circle. This design includes curly brackets supporting the lamp, which is adorned with a cast flower.
Local climate
Arc Lamp Post Adjacent to North West Corner of Clifton Library 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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