Lamp Post Approximately 1 Metre West of Outer Lych Gate of Churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Lamp post.
Lamp Post Approximately 1 Metre West of Outer Lych Gate of Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Lamp post
- OS grid reference
- SY 020 952
- Coordinates
- 50.7483, -3.38983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a lamp post located approximately 1 metre west of the outer lych gate of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Rockbeare. It was dated 1908 and is made of cast iron with a brass plaque. The lamp post is ornate and unusual, featuring a circular stem that is twisted above bands of incised shapes, separated by rings of knobbed decoration. At the top of the stem, there is an acanthus leaf motif between ornate arms of scrolled foliage that extend into splayed wings. Above these arms, formalized leaf forms support an electric box, topped by a bulbous glass lamp holder. A brass plaque at the bottom is inscribed with Victorian Gothic lettering, commemorating the gift of the lamp post in memory of Robert and Emma Gibbings by their children in 1908.
Local climate
Lamp Post Approximately 1 Metre West of Outer Lych Gate of Churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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