Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Behind Number 33 Imperial Square
DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POST BEHIND NUMBER 33 IMPERIAL SQUARE, TRAFALGAR STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388166
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Behind Number 33 Imperial Square
- Statutory Address:
- DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POST BEHIND NUMBER 33 IMPERIAL SQUARE, TRAFALGAR STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388166
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Dragon and Onion Lamp Post Behind Number 33 Imperial Square
- Statutory Address 1:
- DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POST BEHIND NUMBER 33 IMPERIAL SQUARE, TRAFALGAR STREET
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DRAGON AND ONION LAMP POST BEHIND NUMBER 33 IMPERIAL SQUARE, TRAFALGAR 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 94753 21920
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9521NE TRAFALGAR STREET 630-1/18/969 (West side) 14/12/83 'Dragon and Onion' lamp post behind No.33 Imperial Square (Formerly Listed as: TRAFALGAR STREET 2 "Dragon and Onion" Lamps behind Nos.23 and 33 Imperial Square)
GV II
Lamp post. First lit 6 February 1897. Probably designed by the Borough Engineer, Joseph Hall and cast by Messrs McDowell, Stevens and Company Ltd, London and Glasgow. Cast-iron. Bollard with half-bollards with shields and the town's motto 'Salubritas et 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. There are other examples of the type in Cambray Place (qv), St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street (qv), Regent Street (qv) and Trafalgar Street (qv). (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 67).
Listing NGR: SO9475321920
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476164
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chatwin, A, Cheltenhams Ornamental Ironwork, (1975-1984), 67
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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