Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 53 High Beech is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Lamp standard.
Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 53 High Beech
- WRENN ID
- moated-doorway-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Lamp standard
- Address
- Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 53 High Beech, Kippington Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 521 547
- Coordinates
- 51.27137, 0.1793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gas lamp standard, located opposite No. 53 High Beech, dates from around 1890 and is made of cast iron. It features a tapering lantern topped with a central urn finial and acroteria at each end, all mounted on an octagonal column with a deep plinth. This lamp is part of a series of gas lamp standards along Kippington Road.
Local climate
Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 53 High Beech receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
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