Triple Lamp Standard Adjacent To Boundary Wall Opposite Wells Museum

The triple lamp standard, dating from around 1860, is located adjacent to the boundary wall opposite Wells Museum on Cathedral Green in Wells. It is signed by Felix Thomas from Weston-super-Mare and features a cast-iron structure on a stone base. The lamp standard has a cylindrical moulded base that rises from a stepped stone base with a bevelled top. This base supports a tall, slender, tapered shaft that is banded and leads to a moulded capital.

From the capital, three overthrow arms extend to hold banded cylindrical pendant lamps, each with a wide flared hood and a hemispherical glass lamp protector. The overthrows are supported by thin wrought-iron scrolls that rise to form a crowning pinnacle. The stone base is positioned against the low boundary wall at the top of the ramp leading to the west front of the Cathedral. Originally gas-lit, this lamp standard is identical to another located in St Cuthbert Street and is documented in a photograph from 1905. It is a notable example of 19th-century street furniture.