Lamp post outside 9 Burleigh Street

A gas street light comprising an early C20 column manufactured by Revo with an Upright Rochester lantern manufactured by William Sugg and Company Limited, probably installed in the 1930s.

MATERIALS: cast iron lamp post with a glazed lantern of iron, spun copper and enamelled steel.

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a tapering, fluted column, similar to the William Sugg model 1275, commonly known in Westminster as the 'Eddystone', with an Upright Rochester lantern. The circular base bears the name and location of the manufacturer: REVO TIPTON. The lantern has a circular, weatherproof chimney above a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure with a drainage hole to its base. This glass enclosure contains a six-mantle burner fed by a Horstmann automatic gas controller located in the cast iorn control box at the junction of a pair of upright arms that pass through the horizontal enamelled steel reflector to support the main body and provide the gas supply to the burner. The arms retain their original decorative ironwork scrolls, which were typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns, although the lower parts of these scrolls have been lost.