Cannon Opposite No 2 is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1973. Cannon. 1 related planning application.
Cannon Opposite No 2
- WRENN ID
- dim-tin-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1973
- Type
- Cannon
- Address
- Cannon Opposite No 2, Cannon Street, Lydd, TN29 9AS
- OS grid reference
- TR 042 208
- Coordinates
- 50.95131, 0.9063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century cannon that has been repurposed as a bollard. It features a rounded knob and two handles. The cannon forms a group with numbers 2 to 10 (even) on Cannon Street and with another cannon located opposite number 2.
Local climate
Cannon Opposite No 2 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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