Gas Lamp Standard Outside Tall Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Fitting.

Gas Lamp Standard Outside Tall Firs

WRENN ID
ruined-gable-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1988
Type
Fitting
Address
Gas Lamp Standard Outside Tall Firs, Oakhill Road
OS grid reference
TQ 526 542
Coordinates
51.26711, 0.18664
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This gas lamp standard, dating from around 1890, is made of cast iron and features a tapering lantern topped with a central urn finial and acroteria at the ends, all mounted on a fluted cylindrical column. It is part of a series of gas lamp standards located on Oakhill Road.

Local climate

Gas Lamp Standard Outside Tall Firs 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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