202IC. Lingheath Road, Brandon, Suffolk The rare and unusual Survivors in this Suffolk town continue with this Concrete Utilities 'Byway NX' 15 ft (5 m) column supporting a Phosware (CU Phosco) P177 lantern near the start of the cul-de-sac. On one of my many previous visits to the town, this lantern was day burning, revealing that it still ran an 80 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamp; the fault has been rectified subsequently.
By 2024, this was the only P177 to remain on this small self-contained housing estate, although a second example on the adjoining Bracken Rise still existed in 2009.
The retro-fitted Telensa Telecell appears rather bulky when fitted to such a small lantern.
As the lantern features a glass refractor bowl, no discolouration from the lamp's UV exposure has occurred.
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