Lamp post on corner of 81 Tufton Street

The lamp post located at the corner of 81 Tufton Street is a gas street light featuring an Eddystone column, which dates back to 1910, and a Rochester-type lantern manufactured by William Sugg and Company, likely around 1930.

The lamp post is made of cast iron and is topped with a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. It has a tapering, fluted Eddystone column that is adorned with the Westminster City Council crest on one side. On another side, it displays the royal cypher G V R along with the date 1910, and on a different side, there is an oval plaque numbered 7013. Below this, an additional plaque indicates the manufacturer of the column: Revo Tipton.

The lantern features a circular drum and a wide rain-shield made of copper, positioned above an inverted, six-mantle burner encased in teardrop-shaped glass with a drainage hole at the base. An enamelled steel reflector, marked with the lettering ‘SUGG’, is part of the assembly, which is suspended in an iron cradle supported by two curved uprights extending from the clock box. These uprights retain much of their original decorative ironwork scrolls, characteristic of inter-war Rochester lanterns.