Lamp standard in Gardens, County Kilkenny

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Freestanding wrought iron gas lamp standard, c.1900. Road fronted on concrete footpath.

Representing an early artefact of iron ware a lamp standard of simple design aesthetic forming an appealing, if subtle feature in the street scene survives as a reminder of the services put in place to light streets using gas in the period before electrification.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12000242

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