Dean's Lamp, Academy Square, Montrose is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1999. Lamp.

Dean's Lamp, Academy Square, Montrose

WRENN ID
solitary-corridor-primrose
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1999
Type
Lamp
OS grid reference
NO 717 577
Coordinates
56.71014, -2.46368
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dean's Lamp, located in Academy Square, Montrose, was constructed in 1881. It features an ornate cast-iron lamp standard and a drinking fountain set on a square plinth. The base has semicircular basins that project from each face, which are scroll-embossed. Above this, there is a tapering section adorned with lion mask water spouts, although one is missing. The base of the column is decorated with cherub heads, while the base of the shaft is embellished with rams' heads. The column itself is fluted and has an anthemion neck band. It also includes a pair of decorated scroll bracket arms and a glazed lantern topped with a finial.

Local climate

Dean's Lamp, Academy Square, Montrose receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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