Dozens of Sydney Buildings householders celebrated the refurbishment of their historic street lantern this weekend.

The Householders Association have recently repainted the lamp posts on their street, and have run a community campaign to install a historic lantern on top of the oldest post. The listed Stothert & Pitt column, at the canal bridge, had lost its original lantern to a modern sodium light.

The Sydney Buildings Householders Association found a C19th lantern and raised money for its purchase and installation. Liberal Democrat councillor Nicholas Coombes contributed to this campaign from his devolved fund. Installation works were undertaken by the BathNES Council Street Lighting team, who sourced a new type of LED white light for the lantern. Plans are currently underway to fit the new LED lights and heritage style lanterns to the other historic columns on the street.

“This project has been a brilliant collaboration between BathNES Council and the community;” said Cllr Coombes “I am pleased to have played a part in it. Thanks are due to the team of residents who led this effort and to Council staff who rose to the challenge. The completed lamp post is splendid and the community spirit has been wonderful too.”