Gas Lamp is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 2004. Gas lamp. 1 related planning application.

Gas Lamp

WRENN ID
noble-corner-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 2004
Type
Gas lamp
Address
Gas Lamp, Thrifts Walk
OS grid reference
TL 465 598
Coordinates
52.21747, 0.1436
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This gas lamp, located on Thrift's Walk in Chesterton, Cambridge, dates from the 19th century. It features a cast-iron standard that is tall and fluted, with a surviving ladder-bar. The lamp has curving corner brackets that support a glazed lantern, which is topped with an elaborate central vent and an acorn finial. This lamp is a finely-detailed and unusual example, still functioning with gas and equipped with a double gas-mantle.

Local climate

Gas Lamp 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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