Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667726

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Recommended Books

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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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)