The Sebastopol Cannon including the lamp arch, supporting plinth and iron posts with chains surrounding it is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1976. Cannon monument.
The Sebastopol Cannon including the lamp arch, supporting plinth and iron posts with chains surrounding it
- WRENN ID
- solitary-gravel-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw MP: Jo White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1976
- Type
- Cannon monument
- Address
- The Sebastopol Cannon including the lamp arch, supporting plinth and iron posts with chains surrounding it, Churchgate, Retford
- OS grid reference
- SK 705 812
- Coordinates
- 53.32381, -0.94178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sebastopol Cannon is a 19th-century cannon mounted on a wooden carriage, located on Churchgate. It is positioned on two stone steps and is topped with an iron overthrow that supports a street lamp. The cannon is surrounded by a chain guard and iron posts. It bears the inscription 'Captured Sevastopol 1855'. After the Crimean War ended in 1856, the government offered captured ordnance as trophies. Retford applied for one, and in April 1858, a 24-pounder cannon was delivered by rail, named ‘The Earl of Aberdeen’. The cannon was officially unveiled on 17 February 1859 by Gunner Cole of the Royal Artillery. During the Second World War, it was removed for scrap but was saved by Alderman Alfred Wilson. After the war, it was reinstated on a new wooden gun carriage and officially unveiled again on 29 March 1950 by the Mayor of Retford, Councillor T. Richmond. The cannon forms a visual group with the nearby buildings numbered 1 to 33 (odd) and 2 to 14 (even) on Chapelgate.
Local climate
The Sebastopol Cannon including the lamp arch, supporting plinth and iron posts with chains surrounding it sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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