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Latitude: 52.1979 / 52°11'52"N
Longitude: 0.1084 / 0°6'30"E
OS Eastings: 544199
OS Northings: 257618
OS Grid: TL441576
Mapcode National: GBR L7G.47K
Mapcode Global: VHHK8.T0PW
Plus Code: 9F4254X5+59
Entry Name: Gas Lamp Post Outside Number 5
Listing Date: 7 September 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1393950
English Heritage Legacy ID: 506975
ID on this website: 101393950
Location: Newnham Croft, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
Electoral Ward/Division: Newnham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Cambridge
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Cambridge St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: Gas streetlight
667/0/10194 CLARE ROAD
07-SEP-10 Gas lamp post outside number 5
II
Street lamp erected by the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company, c. 1889.
DESCRIPTION
Made of cast iron to a design loosely based on the classical column, the lamp consists of a fluted shaft which tapers slightly towards the top before splaying out to form a plain banded capital. A simple four-sided lantern of metal and glass, crowned with a simple round finial detail, rests upon four curved metal supports, and a ladder-rest projects from its base.
HISTORY
Gas was introduced to Cambridge in about 1822 by John Grafton. He made gas from oil for street lighting in 1823, producing gas from coal a little later and finally moving his production site to the riverside for ease of coal delivery. An Act of 1834 converted his company to the Cambridge Gas-Light Company, which in 1867 became the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company. Gas production ceased on the riverside site in 1969 following the introduction of North Sea gas into Cambridge.
The gas lamp in Clare Road dates from the late C19 and is still supplied with gas, having remained in use to the present day.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The gas lamp post outside no.s 4 and 5 South Green Road, Cambridge is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST: It is an unusual example of a finely-detailed C19 gas lamp post.
* It is still lit by gas.
The gas lamp post between no. 5 Clare Road, Cambridge is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST: This is an unusual example of a finely-detailed C19 gas lamp post.
* INTACTNESS: It is still lit by gas.
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