Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 79 (Highcroft) is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Gas lamp standard. 1 related planning application.
Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 79 (Highcroft)
- WRENN ID
- lone-mullion-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Gas lamp standard
- Address
- Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 79 (Highcroft), Kippington Road, TN13 2LN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 522 543
- Coordinates
- 51.26783, 0.18171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century gas lamp standard, dating from around 1890. It is constructed of cast iron and is located opposite number 79 Highcroft in Kippington Road. The standard features a tapering lantern with a central urn finial and acroteria (small ornamental ornaments) at the ends, all atop a fluted cylindrical column. It is one of several similar gas lamp standards that are found along Kippington Road.
Local climate
Gas Lamp Standard Opposite No 79 (Highcroft) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- 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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