Lamp post outside 11-14 Hanover Place

A gas lamp post comprising a cast iron column and a Grosvenor lantern, probably dating from the early C20.

MATERIALS: a cast iron column with a glazed, metal lantern with an enamel reflector.

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post is positioned centrally in Hanover Place, directly in front of numbers 11-14. It has an ornate, cast iron column, which is approximately three metres tall, with acanthus leaf decoration to the top and bottom of the shaft, which is slighty tapered and of octagonal section. The shaft rises from a large, square pedestal with chamfered corners and an applied registration plaque bearing the number 7522. At the top of the shaft a three-legged frog supports a Grosvenor lantern, which is circular, with tapered and curved glazing panels and metal glazing bars. The lantern is topped with a decorative, perforated fret and an ogee finial to the tent. Inside there is a four-mantle burner, and enamel reflector, a Horstmann 14-day control clock and a Comet igniter.