Gas Lantern and Column West of North and South Tythe Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1977. Gas lantern.
Gas Lantern and Column West of North and South Tythe Barn
- WRENN ID
- pitched-corridor-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1977
- Type
- Gas lantern
- Address
- Gas Lantern and Column West of North and South Tythe Barn, the Drive, Chestfield, CT5 3NS
- OS grid reference
- TR 138 659
- Coordinates
- 51.35215, 1.06934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gas lantern and column located west of the North and South Tythe Barn dates from the mid-19th century. It features a cast iron circular base adorned with decorative elements, and a small fluted section at the top. The lantern is supported by four curved ogee braces and has a smaller base than its top. Its sloping roof ends in anthemion foliage at each of the four corners, and it includes two bell vents and a finial. The lantern is gas lit.
Local climate
Gas Lantern and Column West of North and South Tythe Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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