Lamp post outside 26 Maunsel Street

A gas street light comprising an Eddystone column dated 1910, with a Grosvenor-type lantern, probably dating from the early to mid-C20.

MATERIALS: cast iron lamp post with a glazed lantern of iron, spun copper and enamelled steel. The decorative fret around the top of the lantern is probably cast lead.

DESCRIPTION: the lamp post consists of a tapering, fluted, ‘Eddystone’ column topped with a Grosvenor lantern. It has one ladder rest. The base of the column has the Westminster City Council crest embossed on one side and on the other, the royal cypher G V R and a date of 1910. The lantern is circular, with tapered and curved glazing panels with metal glazing bars, topped with a decorative, perforated fret and an ogee finial to the tent. Inside there is a six-mantle inverted burner with a Horstmann 14 day clockwork time controller and a steel reflector. The lantern is mounted on a three-legged frog attached to the collar of the column.