Church Crescent / Beech Close, Sproughton, Babergh, Suffolk With thanks to Dwight for informing me of Survivors. This short cul-de-sac (Beech Close being an extension to Church Crescent) was still home to three notable installations in July 2025; all of which were different, and indicated how columns had been replaced (or added) over the years.
Likely to be the oldest column, possibly original to Church Crescent's construction, was this 15 ft (5 m) Concrete Utilities' Estate Minor-X with top-entry Arc 3 bracket and (possibly, later) Thorn Beta 4 lantern.
Oddly, the bracket is slightly wider at its base than the column is at its spigot, and a length of tape has been used to create a seal between the two.
The modern Telensa Telecell looks incredibly ungainly when positioned on the side of the Beta 4's canopy.
The barcode for this particular Telecell is duplicated on the lip above the column door.
A lantern from GEC's Z5670 series is fitted to a later sheet steel column, also made by Concrete Utilities, although they may have become CU Phosco by then.
The slight discolouration to the bowl makes identifying the lamp type employed difficult.
At the top of Beech Close, this Byway-NX column supporting a Phosco P107 was to be found.
Although this bowl has natural translucency, the lamp fitted appears to be a compact fluorescent type. More insulation tape exists here - the base casting and the bowl are held together by another length of the stuff.
The Byway-NX is the CU version of the ill-fated Stanton 1805-type, although I don't know whether they suffer the same structural issues that made the Stanton columns rather infamous in the Street Lighting world.
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