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Gas Lamp Post Outside Number 4

A Grade II Listed Building in Newnham, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1959 / 52°11'45"N

Longitude: 0.1074 / 0°6'26"E

OS Eastings: 544133

OS Northings: 257393

OS Grid: TL441573

Mapcode National: GBR L7G.9Z6

Mapcode Global: VHHK8.T24F

Plus Code: 9F4254W4+9X

Entry Name: Gas Lamp Post Outside Number 4

Listing Date: 7 September 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394511

English Heritage Legacy ID: 506947

ID on this website: 101394511

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

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Description



667/0/10188 MILLINGTON ROAD
07-SEP-10 Gas lamp post outside number 4

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 on circular base which is set on an octagonal plinth. The shaft tapers slightly before splaying out to form a plain banded capital. A simple four-sided lantern of metal and glass, crowned with a simple spike finial, 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.

Millington Road was built on land owned by King's College in 1889 and supplied with gas by the Cambridge University and Town Gas Light Company soon after. The gas lamps are still supplied with gas and have remained in use to the present day.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
The gas lamp post outside no.4 Millington Road, Cambridge is designated for the following principal reasons:

* ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST: This is an unusual example of a finely-detailed C19 gas lamp post.
* It is still lit by gas.
* GROUP VALUE: It forms part of an ensemble of 10 other listable gas lamp posts of the same date and design in Millington Road.

Reasons for Listing


The gas lamp post outside no.4 Millington Road, Cambridge is designated for the following principal reasons:

* ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST: This is an unusual example of a finely-detailed C19 gas lamp post.
* It is still lit by gas.
* GROUP VALUE: It forms part of an ensemble of 10 other listable gas lamp posts of the same date and design in Millington Road.

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