"One of the UK's most complete collections of cast-iron street lamp posts are at risk of being chucked and replaced with banal and ugly alternatives, campaigners are warning. There are approximately 270 historic lampposts in Canterbury's collection, many of which were cast in a foundry in the city, which are at risk of being replaced with generic steel poles fitted with standardised heritage-style embellishments."
"Ptolemy Dean, the president of the Canterbury Society and the surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, has been raising awareness for a campaign to retain the lampposts. He told The Independent that Kent County Council, were planning on replacing the very attractive lampposts with a standard off-the-peg steel post that you might find on a motorway or industrial estate and removing the originals to chuck them in the bin."
The Independent sends reporters across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and relies on donations to fund on-the-ground journalism while avoiding paywalls. Canterbury holds approximately 270 historic nineteenth-century bespoke cast-iron street lampposts, many cast in a local foundry, forming one of the UK's most complete collections alongside Westminster and Edinburgh. Campaigners warn Kent County Council plans would replace the originals with standard off-the-peg steel posts fitted with standardised heritage-style embellishments, and that the originals could be removed and discarded. Ptolemy Dean has raised awareness for a campaign to retain and protect the lampposts.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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