Pair of lamps at south end of main avenue, circa 50 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Pair of lamps.
Pair of lamps at south end of main avenue, circa 50 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor
- WRENN ID
- vast-rampart-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Pair of lamps
- Address
- Pair of lamps at south end of main avenue, circa 50 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor, HP18 0JH
- OS grid reference
- SP 732 165
- Coordinates
- 51.84277, -0.93798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of lamps located at the south end of the main avenue, approximately 50 metres northwest of Waddesdon Manor. They were likely created in the early to mid-18th century and are of French or Italian origin. The lamps feature elaborately carved marble balusters, with the bases decorated with bucrania and festoons. The upper sections include mask-heads, medallions, lion's feet, and acanthus ornamentation. At the top, there are 19th-century globe lamps.
Local climate
Pair of lamps at south end of main avenue, circa 50 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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