Four Lamp Posts: 'Morn' is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Lamp posts.

Four Lamp Posts: 'Morn'

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Lamp posts
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SE2833SE 714-1/77/101 05/08/76

LEEDS

CITY SQUARE Four lamp posts: 'Morn'

(Formerly Listed as: CITY SQUARE Eight lamp standards)

GV II

Four statues supporting lamps. 1903. By Alfred Drury. Polished granite plinths, bronze life-size statues on square bases with lettering: 'MORN/ THE GIFT OF T. WALTER HARDING 1903'; 'ALF. DRURY ARA Sc' and 'J.W.SINGER & SONS FOUNDERS'. Nude female figures holding flowers and drapery, the right arm raised and holding a torch (not original). Part of the lighting scheme for the City Square designed by William Bakewell for T Walter Harding, 1903. The figures, representing 'Morn', originally stood on the balustrade and flanked the entrances to the square, holding tall lamps with glass ball shades. Matches the group, 'Even' (qv).

Listing NGR: SE2986733432

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