Lamp post outside 1 Dean Trench Street

A gas street light comprising an ornate column probably dating from the late C19, with a Grosvenor-type lantern probably installed around 1930.

MATERIALS: cast iron lamp post with a glazed lantern of iron, spun copper and enamelled aluminium. The decorative ‘fret’ around the top of the lantern is probably cast lead.

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a column with acanthus leaves at the base and floral mouldings and topped with a Grosvenor lantern. The square tapered base of the column has an oval plaque number 8014. There are two ladder bars. The lantern is circular, with tapered and curved glazing panels with metal glazing bars, topped with a decorative, perforated fret and an ogee finial to the tent. Inside there is a six-mantle inverted burner with a Horstmann 14 day clockwork time controller and a steel reflector. The lantern is mounted on a four-legged frog attached to the collar of the column.