Lankester's Vault is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1969. Vault.

Lankester's Vault

WRENN ID
inner-span-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southampton
Constituency
Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1969
Type
Vault
Address
Lankester's Vault, High Street, City of Southampton
OS grid reference
SU 420 113
Coordinates
50.90006, -1.40408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lankester's Vault, dating from around 1300, features a long ribbed vault and has windows facing the street, which are topped with shouldered lintels.

Local climate

Lankester's Vault 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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