Gas Holder at Nz 4080 5544 to East of East End of Corporation Road is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. Gas holder. 1 related planning application.

Gas Holder at Nz 4080 5544 to East of East End of Corporation Road

WRENN ID
moated-lantern-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1994
Type
Gas holder
Address
Gas Holder at Nz 4080 5544 to East of East End of Corporation Road, Commercial Road
OS grid reference
NZ 407 554
Coordinates
54.89205, -1.36545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This gas holder, built in 1860, was designed by Thomas Hawksley for the Sunderland Corporation Gas Company. It is made of cast and wrought iron and features cylindrical iron piers that are decorated with panels at the junction with the rails and topped with pointed finials.

Local climate

Gas Holder at Nz 4080 5544 to East of East End of Corporation Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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