Gas Column is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1969. Gas column.

Gas Column

WRENN ID
knotted-chamber-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southampton
Constituency
Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1969
Type
Gas column
Address
Gas Column, Southern End of the North to South Walk, Houndwell Park, City of Southampton, SO14 1JY
OS grid reference
SU 421 116
Coordinates
50.90319, -1.40186
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gas column located at the south end of Houndwell Park was originally erected in 1829 in another part of Southampton to commemorate the introduction of gas lighting in the town by W Chamberlayne, M.P., in 1822. This column features a lion and is a replica of one of the original gas street lamp columns. It has a stepped base, a plinth with an inscription, and a tapering fluted Doric column topped with an urn and a spherical container that has a slender finial.

Local climate

Gas Column receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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