Pair of lamp posts at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields

A pair of large Victorian cast-iron lamp posts, of around 1887, relocated to Lincoln's Inn Field park from Battersea Park in 2009, when they were restored and converted to electrical supply.

MATERIALS: cast iron, copper, and glass.

DESCRIPTION: two identical large gas lamp posts. The lamp posts stand on a triangular area of pavement at the north-west entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields Park, either side of a granite water fountain (which is separately listed at Grade II, NHLE: 1379337).

They are positioned on reclaimed chamfered granite plinths, and the fluted circular bases rise from an egg and dart moulded collar, through a copper filigree of thistle leaves to a second egg and dart collar at waist-height. This supports a figurative relief sculpture band of four figures set in to acanthus leaf detail. The main columns are also fluted and rise from a bronze ring of thistle detail, to a decorative composite capital. Above the capital, two curved arms support glass globes, held by bands of black painted copper. From the centre of the capital, a cast iron upright supports an elaborate crown, with the initials VR.