West Pylon is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Pylon. 2 related planning applications.

West Pylon

WRENN ID
eastward-cellar-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1999
Type
Pylon
Address
West Pylon, London Road, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 291 106
Coordinates
50.88055, -0.16537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The West Pylon is a stone structure built in 1928 by John Leopold Denman, located on the west side of London Road in Brighton. It is one of two pylons erected to mark the extension of the County Borough of Brighton. The pylon has a wedge-shaped plan, with the narrow end facing the road. Its two long sides and outer side are slightly concave, featuring flat panels on top, and it has concave-chamfered buttresses at the corners. The narrow end is designed as a tapering engaged column. Inscriptions and emblems representing Brighton and the County of Sussex are carved in relief on the long sides. The top of the pylon is set back all around and fluted.

Local climate

West Pylon receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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