Sewer Gas Lamp is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Lamp.
Sewer Gas Lamp
- WRENN ID
- drifting-rotunda-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Lamp
- Address
- Sewer Gas Lamp, the Links
- OS grid reference
- NZ 353 727
- Coordinates
- 55.04812, -1.4486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sewer gas lamp, located on the east side of The Links in Whitley Bay, dates from around 1900. It is made of cast iron and features a curved glass lantern atop a tall fluted standard. The lamp has a high valve leading to a domed canopy. The base includes panels with raised inscriptions: "WEBB LAMP COMPANY LTD., BIRMINGHAM" on the north side and "J.E. WEBB'S PATENT SEWER GAS DESTRUCTOR" on the south side. Additionally, there is a ladder rest at the top of the standard.
Local climate
Sewer Gas Lamp receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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