Lamp Post at Centre of Square is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1985. Lamp post.
Lamp Post at Centre of Square
- WRENN ID
- heavy-spindle-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1985
- Type
- Lamp post
- Address
- Lamp Post at Centre of Square, the Square, Burton-In-Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 530 764
- Coordinates
- 54.18152, -2.72151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lamp-post at the centre of the Square in Burton is a Grade II listed structure, dated 1863, as noted on a commemorative plaque. It is made of cast iron and features a festooned, tapering plinth that is square in shape with concave sides. The post is fluted and tapers upwards, with a clasping petalled base and scrolled brackets. At the top, there is a square lantern that has been converted to electricity. The commemorative plaque on the east side reads: "TO COMMEMORATE THE MARRIAGE OF HRH ALBERT EDW Prince of Wales ON THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1863."
Local climate
Lamp Post at Centre of Square sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% 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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