Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Approximately 14 Metres South West of Number 20 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Lamp post.
Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Approximately 14 Metres South West of Number 20
- WRENN ID
- sacred-bastion-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Lamp post
- OS grid reference
- SO 949 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89822, -2.07456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dragon and Onion lamp post, located approximately 14 metres south-west of number 20 in Cheltenham, was first lit on 6th February 1897. This cast-iron lamp post was likely designed by the Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall, and cast by Messrs McDowall, Stevens and Company Ltd, based in London and Glasgow. It features a bollard with half-bollards that display shields and the town's motto, 'Salubritas et eruditio'. The lamp holder is arched and adorned with a dragon motif and topped with an onion-shaped finial. Designed for electricity, it is an early and notably elaborate example of its kind. The lamp post cost £9.15s.0d at the time of its installation. The 'dragon and onion' design is derived from the borough's coat of arms, which was granted to the town 11 years after its incorporation in 1876. Similar lamp posts can be found in St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street, Regent Street, and Trafalgar Street.
Local climate
Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Approximately 14 Metres South West of Number 20 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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