Summary

Three C19 gas street lamps, one by Hamilton Woods of Manchester.

Description

Three C19 gas street lamps, one by Hamilton Woods of Manchester.

Lamp at NGR SO7687548645
The lamp is constructed of cast iron with a Windsor lantern. The tapering lantern is set on four scrolled brackets on a flared, reeded capital, atop a tapering reeded column with moulded base, set on an octagonal plinth with a flared foot. The ladder rest has reeded arms with moulded finials.

Lamp at NGR SO7692448665
The lamp is constructed of cast iron with a Windsor lantern. The tapering lantern is set on four scrolled brackets on a flared, reeded capital, with a tapering, reeded column running continuously to a flared foot on a square base. The ladder rest has reeded arms with moulded finials. By Hamilton Woods of Manchester; the rear of the shaft carries the cast founder's mark.

Lamp at NGR SO7705548710
The lamp is constructed of cast iron with a Windsor lantern. The tapering lantern is set on four scrolled brackets on a flared, reeded capital, on a tapering, reeded column running continuously to a flared foot on a square base. The ladder rest has reeded arms with moulded finials.

History

In 1851, permission was given for the building of a gas works at Sherrards Green in Malvern, the first to be built in the town. It opened in 1856, with the capacity to serve around 500 houses in the vicinity, as well as 200 street lamps. Further gas plants were opened around the town, and eventually all of Malvern, even remote locations, was provided with gas street lighting. In 1872, a lamplighter was paid 14s a week to light the lamps each evening. In total there were around 250 lamps, of which about 100 are still lit by gas, with a hand-wound clockwork mechanism to light them automatically. A further 125 have been converted to electric lighting; there are some replica lamp posts, and a few have been tapped off or lost entirely. The lamps were cast by a number of foundries, many of which were local, others much further afield, including Sheffield and Manchester. The lanterns were supplied by William Sugg and Company which was founded in 1837 to provide elements for gas lighting, and Foster and Pullen Ltd of Bradford.

The three lamps along Hospital Road were installed in the C19.

Reasons for Listing

The mid-C19 gas street lamps on Hospital Road are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Design interest: the lamp standards are well cast, and each has a neatly-detailed Windsor lantern;
* Intactness: the lamp standards are intact, and they remain lit by gas;
* Group value: the lamps form a functionally-related and co-visual group along this relatively short road;
* Historic interest: these lamps are part of an extensive network of similar gas-lit street lamps which survive across Malvern.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669001

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version