Three lamp posts lighting pedestrian refuges on the Crown Roundabout

Three 1899 design lamp posts originally designed for electricity, repositioned in the mid-C20 and now with late C20 lanterns.

LAYOUT: placed on the pedestrian refuges at the junction with the roundabout for Montpellier Road, Royal Parade and Cold Bath Road.

FORM: tall, cast iron posts with a cylindrical base including an access door featuring the Harrogate coat of arms. Above this there is a series of bands leading to a beaded ring from which rises a pair of acanthus leaves which clasp the flared bottom of the post. After four further bands, including a flange and a crown of palm leaves, the post is a plain circular column until it reaches a square block which supports the ball-ended ladder supports. The top of the post is bell-ended, carrying further embossed decoration, with a modern lantern with decorative detailing set above.

STREET SETTING: a roundabout set with trees and surrounded by mainly C19 commercial buildings, of which four are listed: The Crown Hotel, which dominates one side of the junction; 4 Royal Parade, an Edwardian chemist’s shop; the White Hart Hotel; and the White cottage, an octagonal pavilion originally built as a ticket office.