Lamp post outside 1 Cowley Street

A gas street light comprising a Brompton-type column, which is generally thought to date from the late C19, with a Rochester-type lantern manufactured by Sugg Lighting Limited in the later C20.

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

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a tapering ‘Brompton’ column with acanthus leaves at the base and top and topped with an extension shaft and an Upright Rochester lantern. The lantern has a circular drum and rain-shield above an inverted, six-mantle burner in a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure with a drainage hole to its base. The assembly is suspended in an iron cradle with two, curved stabilising uprights projecting from the clock box.