Lamp Post Approximately 4 Metres To East Of Church Of Saint John The Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1985. Lamp post.
Lamp Post Approximately 4 Metres To East Of Church Of Saint John The Baptist
- WRENN ID
- second-marble-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1985
- Type
- Lamp post
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH THE PARSONAGE (north side)
6/192 Lamp post approximately 4 metres to east of Church of Saint John the Baptist
GV II
Lamp post. Early C19. Cast iron. Square base with lion masks. Lower half of shaft reeded, the upper half octagonal. Fern-leaf decoration to middle and top of shaft. 4 curved brackets to support oil-lamp (missing), and a projecting arm with moulded finial, probably a ladder support. Similar lamp posts have been noted in Kirkgate (q,v.) and Gallows Steps, Kirkgate (q.v.). They are the remains of the first system of gas works, mains and lights installed by John Malam. The lights were turned on on 13th September 1824. B Jennings (Ed), History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970, p 342.
Listing NGR: SE3474157186
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