Lamp post outside 28 Bedfordbury

A gas street light comprising an Eddystone type column dated 1910, with an early C20 Grosvenor lantern.

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

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a tapering, fluted column, identified as model 1274 in the 1904 William Sugg catalogue and known as the 'Eddystone', with a Grosvenor lantern. The base of the column has the Westminster City Council crest embossed on one side and the royal cypher G V R and a date of 1910 on the other. The Grosvenor lantern has tapered and curved glazing panels in a copper casing, with a decorative fret and ogee-shaped finial to the tent. There is a top access hatch in the tent, which is a good indicator of a pre-Second World War date. The lantern contains a four-light mantle and a Horstmann 14 day control clock.