Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE REGENT STREET
630-1/13/772 'Dragon and Onion' lamp post
20/08/82 opposite Stamford House

GV II

Lamp post. First lit 16 November 1869. Designed by Joseph
Hall, Borough Engineer, and cast by McDowall, Stevens and Co
Ltd of London and Glasgow. Cast iron. Bollard with
half-bollards with shields and the town's motto 'Salubritas et
Erudito'. Arched lamp holder and dragon infill with crowning
onion finial. Intended for electricity, and thus an early and
highly 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) and Trafalgar Street
(qv).
(Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham:
1975-1984: 67).

Listing NGR: SO9483522156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667388

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