Two Dragon and Onion Lamp Posts to West of Church of St Mary
TWO DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POSTS TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1386799
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- Statutory Address:
- TWO DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POSTS TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1386799
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- Statutory Address 1:
- TWO DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POSTS TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TWO DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POSTS TO WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 94800 22537
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9422NE CHURCH STREET 630-1/9/245 Two `Dragon and Onion' lamp posts to 14/12/83 west of Church of St Mary (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET Dragon and Onion lamp post about 5 yards north-west of St Mary's Church)
GV II
2 lamp posts. First lit 6th February 1897. Probably designed by the Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall and cast by Messrs McDowall, Stevens and Company Ltd, London and Glasgow. Cast-iron. Bollard with half-bollards with shield and the town's motto 'Salubritas and Eruditio'. Arched lamp-holder and dragon infill with crowning onion finial. Intended for electricity, and thus an early and remarkably elaborate example of its type. HISTORICAL NOTE: Cost »9.15s.0d. The motif is taken from the coat of arms of the borough, granted to the town 11 years after its incorporation in 1876. Moved to present position, probably from the High Street. Forms a group with 3 'Dragon and Onion' lamp-posts to south of Church of St Mary. There are other examples in Cambray Place (qv) and Trafalgar Street (qv). (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 7; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 67).
Listing NGR: SO9480022537
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 474198
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chatwin, A, Cheltenhams Ornamental Ironwork, (1975-1984), 67
Sampson, A, Blake, S, A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 7
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