Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Opposite Stamford House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1982. Lamp post. 1 related planning application.

Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Opposite Stamford House

WRENN ID
odd-spandrel-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1982
Type
Lamp post
Address
Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Opposite Stamford House, Regent Street, GL50 1HN
OS grid reference
SO 948 221
Coordinates
51.89793, -2.07646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The 'Dragon and Onion' lamp post, located opposite Stamford House on Regent Street in Cheltenham, was first lit on 16 November 1869. It was designed by Joseph Hall, the Borough Engineer, and cast by McDowall, Stevens and Co Ltd of London and Glasgow. This lamp post is made of cast iron and features a bollard with half-bollards adorned with shields and the town's motto 'Salubritas et Erudito'. It has an arched lamp holder and a dragon motif with a crowning onion finial. Designed for electricity, it is an early and highly elaborate example of its type. The design motif is derived from the coat of arms of the borough, which was granted to the town 11 years after its incorporation in 1876. Similar lamp posts can be found in Cambray Place, St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street, and Trafalgar Street. The historical cost of the lamp post was £9.15s.0d.

Local climate

Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Opposite Stamford House 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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