174A. Church Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. Situated along of about half of this market town's thoroughfare are five 25 ft cast iron columns, with each supporting a SUGG heritage lantern that bears a very strong resemblance to the Revo 'Leicester' C5976 / C6026 design, suggesting that the current lights are closely-matching replicas of a previous lighting scheme along this road, and that, with it being in a likely Conservation Area, would mean that any replacements of street furniture would have to be done sympathetically.

These two columns are installed almost opposite each other at the junction of High Street.

The brackets incorporate an intricate pattern in their centres, and resemble the type that supported the earliest main road electric street lights - these used carbon electrodes, and the arc formed in bare air between the two produced visible light.

The SUGG logo is incorporated into the panel on the lantern that is hinged, confirming that company's involvement. There is possibility that these are genuine Revo lanterns, but underwent refurbishment by SUGG. If they are replicas, they are an extremely good match.

The glazing panel is missing from the left-hand lantern's access panel, allowing a glass refractor dome surround a tubular metal halide lamp to be seen.

The 52 metre (170 ft) steeple of the eponymous St Peter & St Paul Church provides a backdrop for the third column.

The same glazing panel is missing from this lantern too. A small paint chip to the frame on the right of the panel suggests that the lanterns are aluminium, rather than cast iron, though as Revo offered aluminium versions of the Leicester, this is not terribly helpful in determining its age. In the 1930s, however, when genuine Leicesters were produced, cast iron was far more readily available.

The fourth column, seen in slight silhouette, thanks to the early, low December sun.

The individual panels are sufficiently translucent to allow the outline of the refractor to be seen.

The column inspection doors carry the (slightly faded) Coat of Arms for Birmingham, despite Coleshill not being part of the West Midlands, even historically, although Birmingham was part of Warwickshire, confusingly! I wondered at this point if these columns were cast aluminium, and carried out a "magnet test" - the magnet was attracted to the metal, confirming that they were cast iron.

The final column was to be found at the bend in Church Hill.

As the glazing was missing from this lantern's access panel too, I suspect that the method used in securing it was unsuitable, leading to it falling out easily.

The same interior setup appeared to exist with this lantern.

Judging by the amount of dirt gathered within the lantern, the panel has been missing for a while.

For variety, the final picture looks up at the lantern from the underside.

Remember my comment about all replacements having to be "sympathetic"? The grey TRT Aspect Mini LED attached to a Revo 'Moseley' cast iron column near the path to the church, may not, necessarily, tick this box!

Prior to the installation of the LED lantern, an AC Ford AC730 was attached to the swan-neck bracket (also made by AC Ford), which was still top-entry at the time.

Historical Google Street View imagery reveals that the AC Ford equipment was fitted at some point after 2009 - back then, this open (possibly also Revo) lantern running a mercury vapour (MBF) lamp existed. This swan neck bracket features ornate scrollwork that was not included on the replacement. It also incorporated an integral fuse / time box.

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