Description

LAMBETH

963/0/10184 LAMBETH ROAD
29-APR-10 Lamp post on E side of railway viaduct

II
Lamp post. Early 1900s. Cast-iron. Manufacturer unknown.

The lamp post has a cylindrical pedestal elaborately decorated with art-nouveau style motifs. The column base is moulded and similarly enriched. The slender shaft is fluted with further enrichment below the lantern. On the rear of the lamp standard is the number 113.

The lamp post probably dates from the early 1900s, when the railway line into Waterloo was enlarged and the viaduct rebuilt. It appeared in passing in the Ealing Comedy 'A Passport to Pimlico' (1949).

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The lamp post is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* A rare and particularly ornate example of its kind with special interest for the quality of its design.

Reasons for Listing

The lamp post is recommended for designation for the following principal reasons:
* A rare and particularly ornate example of its kind with special interest for the quality of its design;
* The bollards flanking the lamp post are late examples of a common type, and thus not of special interest.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27087277

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments