Gas Lamp Outside Number 1 Canonbury Place is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1989. Lamp. 5 related planning applications.
Gas Lamp Outside Number 1 Canonbury Place
- WRENN ID
- open-lintel-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1989
- Type
- Lamp
- Address
- Gas Lamp Outside Number 1 Canonbury Place, N1 2NQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 319 844
- Coordinates
- 51.54389, -0.09861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gas lamp outside number 1 Canonbury Place is a gas lamp standard, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is made of cast iron and wrought iron. The lamp features a cylindrical base that is inscribed, though not clearly, with 'J W & S'. The shaft is fluted and has a bud-like motif at the lower part. Additionally, there are wrought-iron brackets supporting a Windsor lamp with gas fittings.
Local climate
Gas Lamp Outside Number 1 Canonbury Place 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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