Sewer Gas Lamp is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1991. Lamp. 1 related planning application.

Sewer Gas Lamp

WRENN ID
third-gargoyle-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1991
Type
Lamp
Address
Sewer Gas Lamp, Victoria Grove, Ripon
OS grid reference
SE 314 714
Coordinates
54.13757, -1.52085
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a gas lamp from the late 19th century, made of cast iron. It features a circular lamp standard with a tall base that has a panel inscribed with "J E WEBB'S PATENT GAS SEWER DESTRUCTOR." The lamp has a fluted column, a fluted bell-shaped base, and an ornate capital. It is supported by decorative iron brackets that hold a circular glazed lamp with a domed top and a ventilator.

Local climate

Sewer Gas Lamp receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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