Dragon And Onion Lamp Post Approximately 14 Metres South West Of Number 20

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE CAMBRAY PLACE 630-1/13/217 (North side) 14/12/83 `Dragon and Onion' lamp post approximately 14 metres south-west of No.20 (Formerly Listed as: CAMBRAY PLACE (North side) 'Dragon and Onion' Lamp-post approximately 15 yds south-west of No 20)

GV II

Lamp post. First lit 6th February 1897. Cast-iron. Probably designed by Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall and cast by Messrs McDowall, Stevens and Company Ltd, London and Glasgow. Bollard with half-bollards with shields and the town's motto 'Salubritas et eruditio'. Surmounting arched lampholder sporting dragon-infill and crowning onion-shaped finial. Designed for electricity, and thus an early and remarkably elaborate example of its type. HISTORICAL NOTE: cost »9.15s.0d. The 'dragon and onion' 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 St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street (qv), Regent St (qv) and Trafalgar Street (qv). (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 7; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 67).

Listing NGR: SO9496622188