Description

TA 0339 BEVERLEY MINSTER MOORGATE
(south side)
14/32 Lamp standard adjacent to
17.8.77 the Minster railings
opposite No 4
GV II
Late Georgian (post 1826) cast iron lamp standard presumed to have been made
by William Crosskill of Beverley. The square, stepped base has a stilted arch
to each face of the lower step and on each face of the upper step is an eagle's
head erased. Then an octagonal step to the column in the form of a fasces-minus-
axehead (symbolising a disused weapon of war). From a narrow collar rises
a section modelled on Pompeiian bronze standard lamps, surmounted by a copper
gas-type lantern of modern date.

Listing NGR: TA0368839262

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455646

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)