Description

757/0/10072 Original Lighting Column opposite 22 S
11-NOV-02 t Mary's Terrace

GV II

Gas lighting column, later converted to electricity. Column of a standard type introduced from the late 1870s for the Hastings and District Gas Lighting Co, with early C20 electricity switch and timer box. Thought to have been erected between 1880 and 1890. Cast iron. Comprises a tapering column about 8 feet high of octagonal shape with two decorative bands and a moulded plinth bearing the inscription "HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S GAS CO." There is an enlarged octagonal head on to which an early C20 electricity switch and timer box has been fitted. Above this is a swansneck bracket with paterae and scrolled finial which currently supports a late C20 lantern. One of a series of three identical gas lighting columns in St Mary's Terrace.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388405

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