Lamp post adjacent to 48 Tufton Street

The lamp post adjacent to 48 Tufton Street is a gas street light from the 1830s, featuring a Rochester-type lantern likely made by William Sugg and Company around 1930.

The lamp post is made of cast iron and includes a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. It has a tapering column topped with an extension shaft and an upright Rochester lantern. The base is tapered square with horizontal reeding and displays an oval plaque numbered 6506 on one side, while the other side features the letters St I E W. Below this, there is an additional plaque indicating the manufacturer of the column: PEARSE.

The lantern itself consists of a circular drum and rain-shield made of copper, positioned above an inverted, six-mantle burner housed in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure that includes a drainage hole at its base. It also has an enamelled steel reflector marked with the lettering ‘SUGG GAS LAMP’. Additionally, there is a hexagonal metal extension that serves as a light reflector. This entire assembly is held in place by an iron cradle with two curved uprights extending from the clock box, which still retain some original decorative ironwork scrolls typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns.