Lamp Post on E Side of Railway Viaduct
LAMP POST ON E SIDE OF RAILWAY VIADUCT, LAMBETH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393769
- Date first listed:
- 29-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Lamp Post on E Side of Railway Viaduct
- Statutory Address:
- LAMP POST ON E SIDE OF RAILWAY VIADUCT, LAMBETH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393769
- Date first listed:
- 29-Apr-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Lamp Post on E Side of Railway Viaduct
- Statutory Address 1:
- LAMP POST ON E SIDE OF RAILWAY VIADUCT, LAMBETH ROAD
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.
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:
- LAMP POST ON E SIDE OF RAILWAY VIADUCT, LAMBETH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Lambeth (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30908 79075
Reasons for Designation
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.
Details
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.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 506415
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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