Lamp Post is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 December 1996. Lamp post. 1 related planning application.

Lamp Post

WRENN ID
western-tallow-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 December 1996
Type
Lamp post
Address
Lamp Post, Hayes Island, Castle
OS grid reference
ST 183 762
Coordinates
51.47973, -3.17684
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast iron lamp post featuring a fluted plinth that supports a tulip-like base leading up to the shaft. The shaft is adorned with decorative rings and a crossbar. The lamp post has a restored glass lantern.

Local climate

Lamp Post sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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