Two Dragon and Onion Lamp Posts to West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Lamp post.
Two Dragon and Onion Lamp Posts to West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- long-keep-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Two Dragon and Onion Lamp Posts to West of Church of St Mary, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SO 948 225
- Coordinates
- 51.90136, -2.07698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two 'Dragon and Onion' lamp posts located to the west of the Church of St Mary in Cheltenham. These lamp posts were first lit on 6th February 1897 and are likely designed by the Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall, and cast by Messrs McDowall, Stevens and Company Ltd, based in London and Glasgow. Made of cast iron, each lamp post features a bollard with half-bollards displaying a shield and the town's motto 'Salubritas and Eruditio'. They have an arched lamp-holder, dragon infill, and are topped with an onion finial. Designed for electricity, these lamp posts are notable for their elaborate design. They originally cost £9.15s.0d. The design motif is derived from the borough's coat of arms, which was granted to the town 11 years after its incorporation in 1876. The lamp posts were moved to their current location, likely from the High Street, and they form a group with three other 'Dragon and Onion' lamp posts to the south of the Church of St Mary. Additional examples can be found in Cambray Place and Trafalgar Street.
Local climate
Two Dragon and Onion Lamp Posts to West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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