Lamp Post Approximately 10 Metres South West of Town Hall Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Lamp post.
Lamp Post Approximately 10 Metres South West of Town Hall Porch
- WRENN ID
- knotted-glass-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1994
- Type
- Lamp post
- OS grid reference
- SX 913 643
- Coordinates
- 50.46843, -3.53203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lamp post, located approximately 10 metres south-west of the Town Hall porch in Torquay, is likely from the same period as the Town Hall, built between 1910 and 1911. Made of metal, probably cast-iron, it is one of a group of five lamp posts outside the Town Hall. Originally gas-lit, it has since been converted to electricity. The lamp post features a thick cylindrical base adorned with an egg-and-dart moulding, leading to a baluster-shaped foot decorated with acanthus leaves. The cylindrical standard supports three globes, with the outer globes mounted on a ladder rest using scrolled brackets. This lamp post is a charming example of historic street furniture and holds significance due to its group value with the Town Hall, which showcases fine external ironwork.
Local climate
Lamp Post Approximately 10 Metres South West of Town Hall Porch receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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