Gas Lamp at Corner Near High Street in Seven Post Alley is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1976. Gas lamp.

Gas Lamp at Corner Near High Street in Seven Post Alley

WRENN ID
quartered-basalt-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1976
Type
Gas lamp
Address
Gas Lamp at Corner Near High Street in Seven Post Alley, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 331 582
Coordinates
51.27525, 1.34135
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid-19th century gas lamp is located at the corner near High Street in Seven Post Alley. It features fluted columns and palm capitals, with a pair of arms at the necking and a moulded base. The lamp is supported by four curved ogee braces. The lantern has a square plan, larger at the top than at the bottom, adorned with anthemion foliage at each corner of the sloping roof. It terminates in a bell-shaped vent topped with a scalloped cap and finial.

Local climate

Gas Lamp at Corner Near High Street in Seven Post Alley 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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