Survey Data
Reg No
11806014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Lamp standard
In Use As
Lamp standard
Date
1895 - 1905
Coordinates
279032, 225089
Date Recorded
23/04/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron gas lamp standard, c.1900, comprising moulded plinth with embossed crest and fluted shaft having lamp fitting over. Subsequently converted to electric. One of a number of gas lamp standards along bank of Grand Canal.
Appraisal
This gas lamp standard, one of a number of such models that are located on the south-west bank of the Grand Canal in Robertstown, is of considerable technical merit, both for its original purpose in providing light in public spaces, but also for its manufacture in cast-iron - the group is also a rare survival, having been converted to use for electric light, rather than being replaced as elsewhere. The lamp standard is also of considerable artistic merit, having been conceived as an aesthetic as well as a functional piece.