Five Dolphin Lamp Posts on Embankment Between the Square and Rock Park is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1977. Lamp posts.
Five Dolphin Lamp Posts on Embankment Between the Square and Rock Park
- WRENN ID
- tangled-gateway-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1977
- Type
- Lamp posts
- Address
- Five Dolphin Lamp Posts on Embankment Between the Square and Rock Park, Taw Vale, Barnstaple
- OS grid reference
- SS 559 327
- Coordinates
- 51.07635, -4.05724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The five dolphin lamp posts on the embankment between The Square and Rock Park in Barnstaple are grade II listed structures, likely dating from the mid-19th century. These lamp standards are made of cast iron and rest on stone pedestals crafted from limestone ashlar, which are oblong in shape and feature moulded caps. The pedestals have red sandstone panels on the front and back, although some of these panels have been replaced with electric light fittings. Each iron lamp standard is adorned with two dolphins intertwined around the stem of a plant, and the base is marked with the name "COALBROOKDALE." The tops of the lamps were replaced in the late 20th century. Historically, Taw Vale was cut through in 1846, and the "Coalbrookdale" name refers to the renowned Coalbrookdale Company, established by Abraham Darby in 1708 at Ironbridge, Shropshire. This particular design was originally created for the Victoria and Albert Embankments in London between 1865 and 1870.
Local climate
Five Dolphin Lamp Posts on Embankment Between the Square and Rock Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
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