Lamp Standards, 51 John Street, Helensburgh is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1993. Lamp standards.

Lamp Standards, 51 John Street, Helensburgh

WRENN ID
dim-cornice-sage
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 June 1993
Type
Lamp standards
OS grid reference
NS 293 827
Coordinates
56.00762, -4.73789
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The lamp standards at 51 John Street in Helensburgh date from the later 19th century. They consist of two Victorian cast-iron lamps featuring a tapering fluted shaft and a decorative base, with a cross-bar at the neck. The lanterns are fitted with clear glass.

Local climate

Lamp Standards, 51 John Street, Helensburgh sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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