Dragon And Onion Lamp Post Behind Number 23 Imperial Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Lamp post.
Dragon And Onion Lamp Post Behind Number 23 Imperial Square
- WRENN ID
- broken-vestry-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Lamp post
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHELTENHAM
SO9521NE TRAFALGAR STREET 630-1/18/970 (West side) 14/12/83 'Dragon and Onion' lamp post behind No.23 Imperial Square (Formerly Listed as: TRAFALGAR STREET 2 "Dragon and Onion" Lamps behind Nos.23 and 33 Imperial Square)
GV II
Lamp post. First lit 16 February 1897. Probably designed by the Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall and cast by Messrs McDowell, Stevens and Company. Cast-iron. Tall standard with arched lampholder with dragon infill. Onion-shaped finial. Plinth supported by bollards with town shield and motto: 'Salubritas et Erudito'. Designed for electricity, and thus an early and remarkably elaborate example of its type. HISTORICAL NOTE: cost »9.15s.0d. The motif is taken from the coat of arms of the borough, granted to the town 11 years after its incorporation in 1876. There are other examples of the type in Cambray Place (qv), St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street (qv) and Regent Street (qv). (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 67; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 7).
Listing NGR: SO9478821983
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