Lamp Post In Front Of Numbers 89 And 90 is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Lamp post.
Lamp Post In Front Of Numbers 89 And 90
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chancel-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- Lamp post
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SAFFRON WALDEN
TL5338 HIGH STREET 669-1/1/228 (East side) Lamp post in front of Nos.89 and 90
II
Lamp post. 1836-1850. Approx 5.5m high, moved from Market Place to High Street in 1863 and moved from War Memorial site to present position in 1921. Cast-iron, round tapered fluted stem surmounting bold leaf-decorated quarter round and cyma moulded base. Lower supporting pedestal of reeded drum with lower cornice similar to that on stem. Broad moulded base to pavement. Upper C20 cylindrical stage carries pair of bracketed C20 lamps with decorative scrolled ironwork and pierced crown heads. The acorn of the C19 stem protrudes at top. Old photographs of the town taken in 1854 show this lamp as the central feature of the Market Place. (Stacey HC: Saffron walden in Old Photographs: Saffron Walden: 1980-: FIG.2 AND 3).
Listing NGR: TL5379938136
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