Lamp post in front of 8 Churton Place

A gas street lamp, produced by Z D Berry & Son, probably installed in Churton Place in the 1880s.

MATERIALS Cast iron lamp standard painted black; lantern with cast and wrought iron components also painted black and curved, tapered glazing panels.

DESCRIPTION The lamp standard consists of a slender tapered shaft with an octagonal section and laurel ornamentation on the base and neck, set on an octagonal pedestal with moulded shoulders.

The front face of the pedestal bears the following text in relief: Z. D. BERRY & SON/ THE ALBION WORKS/ PIMLICO WESTMINSTER. Above this an oval panel, also in relief, bears a serial number: 6199.

A pair of iron ladder stands project horizontally from the top of the lamp standard. Above these, a set of four swan-neck brackets support a circular Grosvenor style lantern with tapered and curved glazing panels set in a cast iron frame. The lantern is surmounted by a circular, decorative, perforated metal crest and an ogee-shaped chimney finial.

There are some signs of corrosion where the collar and ladder stands connect to the top of the lamp standard, but otherwise the lamp is in generally good condition.