Gas Lamp in Front of Garden Wall of Number 12 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Lamp.

Gas Lamp in Front of Garden Wall of Number 12

WRENN ID
open-cupola-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Lamp
Address
Gas Lamp in Front of Garden Wall of Number 12, the College, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 272 420
Coordinates
54.7723, -1.57743
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This gas lamp, dating from the early 19th century, is located in front of the garden wall of number 12. It is made of cast and wrought iron, featuring a tapered round standard on a plinth. The slender vase has four wrought iron brackets that support a square lamp. The design includes corner finials and a high tiered dome ventilator.

Local climate

Gas Lamp in Front of Garden Wall of Number 12 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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