Three Richardson Candle wall-mounted lamps attached to the north side of Bene’t Street. is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2013. Street lamp.

Three Richardson Candle wall-mounted lamps attached to the north side of Bene’t Street.

WRENN ID
fallow-floor-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 2013
Type
Street lamp
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Wall-mounted street lamps known as Richardson Candles, designed exclusively for Cambridge City by Sir Albert Richardson in 1957, and manufactured by the REVO electrical company. The street lamp comprises a vertical, tubular lantern of translucent glass, containing three or four fluorescent tubes. The lantern has a simple cast-iron capping and base, and is wall mounted via a pair of plain metal brackets at each end. The lower bracket is embossed with the word REVO.

The lamps are attached to nos 2, 6-8 and 9 Bene’t Street on the north side of the road, all dating to the early C19 and listed at Grade II.

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