Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64 is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Monument.

Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64

WRENN ID
forgotten-baluster-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1974
Type
Monument
Address
Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 759 556
Coordinates
51.27278, 0.52034
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A mid 19th century Russian cannon on a gun carriage, captured at Sebastopol, is located on a rusticated stone plinth opposite No 64 on the High Street. The cannon was presented to Maidstone in 1858 by Lord Panmure, the Secretary of War, and George Wickham, the Mayor of Maidstone.

Local climate

Cannon on Plinth Opposite No 64 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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