Lamp Post North West of Church of King Charles the Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1996. A Late C19 Lamp post.

Lamp Post North West of Church of King Charles the Martyr

WRENN ID
sheer-passage-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1996
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post North West of Church of King Charles the Martyr, Church Street, Falmouth
OS grid reference
SW 809 326
Coordinates
50.15323, -5.0679
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a lamp post located north-west of the Church of King Charles the Martyr in Falmouth. It dates from the late 19th century and is made of cast iron. The lamp post features a turned base, a fluted column, and a turned cross bar that intersects with a frieze of turned entablature. The lamp housing is a 20th-century replica. This lamp post is included for its group value with the nearby church.

Local climate

Lamp Post North West of Church of King Charles the Martyr receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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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