Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 ANGEL HILL, Tiverton
848-1/6/107 Lamp standard on traffic island at
junction with St Peter Street
(Formerly Listed as:
ST PETER STREET, Tiverton
Lamp stand on traffic island at
junction with Angel Hill)

GV II

Includes: Lamp standard on traffic island at junction with St
Peter Street ANGEL HILL.
Lamp standard. Dated 1878; by GS Bridgman. Cast-iron, standing
on a 4-tiered, chamfered stone plinth. The shaft is in Gothic
style, consisting of 2 super-imposed sets of clustered columns
with enriched capitals. From the upper of these spring 2 large
foliated scrolls carrying 3 lamps; the latter have been
renewed in late C20. The base, which is held together by an
iron strap, is carved with the inscription: ERECTED BY J LANE
ESQRE JP AD 1878. Below this in smaller letters is GS BRIDGMAN
ARCH. Mr John Lane, a Tiverton draper, had been mayor in 1869.
In that year he had paid for the new town hall clock, and in
1877 subscribed »1,000 towards the cost of the new Baptist
chapel in Newport Street (qv). The architect for the latter
was GS Bridgman of Torquay.
A good example of its type, prominently situated in the
historic town centre.

Listing NGR: SS9537812531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664546

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)