Lamp post outside 61a Chandos Place

The lamp post outside 61a Chandos Place is a gas street light from 1910, featuring an Upright Rochester lantern made by William Sugg and Company Limited, likely installed around 1930.

It is made of cast iron with a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. The lamp post has a tapering, fluted column, identified as model 1275 in the William Sugg catalogue and known as the 'Eddystone'. The base of the column displays the Westminster City Council crest on one side and the royal cypher G V R along with the date 1910 on the other. There are additional plaques at the base that bear an illegible registration number and the name of the column manufacturer, Revo Tipton.

The lantern features a circular, weatherproof chimney above a teardrop-shaped glass enclosure that has a drainage hole at its base. Inside this enclosure is a six-mantle burner and a Horstmann automatic gas controller, which likely dates from the mid-20th century. The main body of the lantern is supported by a pair of upright arms that extend at right angles from the cast iron control clock box and hold a horizontal enamelled steel reflector to supply gas to the burner. These arms still have their original decorative ironwork scrolls, typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns, although the lower parts of these scrolls have been lost.