Lamp post opposite the Strand Palace Hotel

The lamp post opposite the Strand Palace Hotel is a gas street light from 1910, featuring an upright Rochester lantern made by William Sugg and Company Limited, likely around 1930.

This lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. The column is tapering and fluted, identified as model 1275 in the William Sugg catalogue, known as the 'Eddystone', topped with an upright Rochester lantern. The base of the column displays the Westminster City Council crest on one side and the manufacturer's name, SUGG. On the opposite side, there is the royal monogram G V R along with the date 1910.

The lantern features a circular, weatherproof chimney above an inverted, six-mantle burner enclosed in a teardrop-shaped glass with a drainage hole at the base. 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, leading to a horizontal enamelled steel reflector that supplies gas to the burner. These arms retain their original decorative ironwork scrolls, characteristic of interwar Rochester lanterns.