A lamppost thought to be the oldest in Bath has been given a makeover in a community project.
Residents in Sydney Buildings have worked with council officials to restore the street's 12 original cast-iron lampposts and lanterns.
The oldest of them was ceremoniously turned on at the weekend.
Dozens of residents gathered in the street to see it come to life, and to remember the neighbour who had been the driving force behind the project, the late Patrick Stevens.
The 1830s lamppost lantern was found in Derby and restored by the Bath and North East Somerset Council street lighting team, headed by Keith Showering.
The post was made at the city's Stothert iron foundry and is thought to be the only surviving one of its kind.
Mr Showering offered to work with residents and provide a further 11 Victorian-style lanterns incorporating energy efficient LED lights. The project has been funded by the residents along with a contribution from Bathwick Councillor Nicholas Coombes' ward initiative fund.
Mr Coombes (Lib Dem, Bathwick) said: "This project has been a brilliant collaboration between B&NES Council and the community; 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 lamppost is splendid and the community spirit has been wonderful too."
The street lighting team will be using the feedback from the residents' trial when planning future period street lighting in Bath. Residents researched the history of their street lights before the project.
Although the lantern had been replaced in the 1970s, the residents, with help of Dan Brown who runs the Bath in Time photographic archive, found a series of period photographs showing how their street lighting had evolved over the past 150 years.
This allowed them to pinpoint the type of lantern first used when electric street lighting was introduced. A nationwide hunt for an original lantern then began, resulting in one eventually being found in a reclamation yard in Derby.
