Lamp post outside 15 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. An oval plaque to the lower part of the base bears an illegible serial number. 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.