Lamp post outside 66 Chandos Place

A gas street light comprising a column dated 1910 with a Grosvenor-type lantern, date unknown.

MATERIALS: cast iron lamp post with a glazed, metal lantern. The decorative 'fret' around the top of the lantern is probably cast lead.

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a tapering, fluted, column, identified as model number 1275 in the William Sugg catalogue and known as the 'Eddystone', topped with a Grosvenor lantern. The base of the column has the Westminster City Council crest embossed on one side and on the other, the royal cypher G V R and a date of 1910. An oval plaque to the lower part of the base bears an illegible serial number. 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 four-mantle inverted burner with a battery-operated time clock and an aluminium reflector. The lantern is mounted on a three-legged frog attached to the collar of the column.