Gas Lamp Standard Outside No 2 (Orchard House) is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Street furniture.

Gas Lamp Standard Outside No 2 (Orchard House)

WRENN ID
cold-bastion-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1988
Type
Street furniture
Address
Gas Lamp Standard Outside No 2 (Orchard House), Oakhill Road
OS grid reference
TQ 521 553
Coordinates
51.27713, 0.18025
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gas lamp standard outside No 2 (Orchard House) is a cast iron structure dating from around 1890. It features a tapering lantern topped with a central urn finial and decorative acroteria at each end, all mounted on a fluted column. This lamp standard is part of a series of gas lamp standards located along Oakhill Road.

Local climate

Gas Lamp Standard Outside No 2 (Orchard House) 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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