Lamp post outside 34-43 Russell Street

The lamp post outside 34-43 Russell Street is a gas street light from 1910, featuring a Rochester-type lantern made by William Sugg and Company Ltd, likely installed around 1930.

This lamp post is made of cast iron and has a glazed lantern constructed from iron, spun copper, and enamelled steel. It has a tapering, fluted column, identified as model 1275 in the William Sugg catalogue and 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 a registration plaque with the number 7295. On the opposite side, there is the royal cypher G V R along with the date 1910. The manufacturer's name, Revo Tipton, is also embossed on the base.

An additional metal plaque is attached to the fluted part of the column, which reads: 'City of Westminster/ Hanging baskets presented by/ GREAT PORTLAND ESTATE/ PLC'. The lantern features a circular, weatherproof chimney above an inverted, six-mantle burner encased in 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 chimney. These arms retain their original decorative ironwork scrolls, typical of inter-war Rochester lanterns, although the lower parts of the scrolls are missing.