Jubilee lamp

This structure is in the Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire

The lamp was erected in the Market Place by public subscription in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. A Grade II listed monument, it is built on a stone plinth, and made from cast-iron, with copper lanterns.
The five lanterns were originally lit by gas while the central column held a drinking fountain with four spouts.
The state of the lamp deteriorated terribly until it was restored in 1977 for Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. 

2013 saw the completion of a complex restoration project involving carefully removing the old layers of paint, repairing the lanterns off-site and then re-painting the stand in black. Black was chosen due to the fact that the original lamp, being cast iron, would have been black.


From www.ringwood.gov.uk