Gas Lantern and Column to Rear of No 68 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1977. Lantern and column.
Gas Lantern and Column to Rear of No 68 High Street
- WRENN ID
- odd-step-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1977
- Type
- Lantern and column
- Address
- Gas Lantern and Column to Rear of No 68 High Street, Knights Alley
- OS grid reference
- TR 106 665
- Coordinates
- 51.35858, 1.02427
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gas lantern and column located at the rear of No. 68 High Street is a mid-19th century structure. It features a cast iron octagonal column that is supported by four ogee curved braces. The lantern itself is square in shape, with a smaller base than its top, and has a sloping roof that includes two bell vents. This lantern is designed to be gas lit.
Local climate
Gas Lantern and Column to Rear of No 68 High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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