Description

1887. Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee commemorative cast-iron lamp at junction of High Street, Cross Street and Victoria Street. Polygonal plinth and ogee-topped shaft with relief portrait bust of Queen Victoria and dates '1837' and '1887' to W face, decorative cornice; narrow 2nd stage with crested lantern and neck brackets.

Statement of Interest

The Town Cross was originally sited here, the last being removed in 1753 when a Town Council Minute demanded that "the stones thereof be applied for building the pillars of the flesh market, only the long stone and a few steps to be kept and made up in place of the old Cross".

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772368

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)