Gaslight of the Day, no.1 [St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
Gaslight of the Day, no.2 [Stoke Newington High Street]
Gaslight of the Day, No.3 [Bow Street]
Gaslight of the Day, No.4 [India House] (and yes, I know it's electric; and possibly was originally; but still)
Gaslight of the Day, No.5 [Holborn Viaduct]
Gaslight of the Day, No.6 [Somerset House]
Gaslight of the Day, No.7 [Public Records Office, Chancery Lane] (yes, I know that's a light bulb)
Gaslight of the Day, No.8 [Strand, opposite Royal Courts of Justice, lamp/public toilet ventilator]
Gaslight of the Day, No.9 [Guy's Hospital] (looks like I took it when the Shard was being built)
Gaslight of the Day, No.10 [Lincoln's Inn]
Gaslight of the Day, No.11 [Russell Square]
Gaslight of the Day, No.12 [Upper Street, Islington]
Gaslight of the Day, No.13 [Royal Courts of Justice]
Gaslight of the Day, No14. [Temple]
Gaslight of the Day, No.15 [St. Paul's Cathedral]
Gaslight of the Day, No.16 [Royal Courts of Justice, Carey Street] (a real charmer; check out the additional of those iron arches for faux gothic window effect)
Gaslight of the Day, No.17 [Eagle, Shepherdess Walk] (possibly electric originally; this pub built c.1900, after the closure/demolition of the pleasure gardens, which had been taken over by Salvation Army in 1880s)
Gaslight of the Day, No.18 [Temple]
Gaslight of the Day, No.19 [New Bridge Street] (ok, probably always electric; but still.)
Gaslight of the Day, No.20 [St. James's Street] (majestic)
Gaslight of the Day, No.21 [Savile Row] (jaunty angle, bonus link-snuffer)
Gaslight of the Day, No.22 [Burlington Gardens] (surely one of the most lovely overall designs and settings for a light in London)
Gaslight of the Day, No.23 [Windmill Walk]
Gaslight of the Day, No.24 [St. Paul's, Covent Garden]
Gaslight of the Day, No.25 [Pall Mall]
Gaslight of the Day, No.26 [Royal Academy]
Gaslight of the Day, No.27 [Frith Street]
Gaslight of the Day, No.28 [Lamb's Conduit Street}
Gaslight of the Day, No.29 [Carting Lane] (ads were fairly common on gaslights in 19C, I think)
Gaslight of the Day, No.30 [Charterhouse Square] (bonus blue enamel street sign)
Gaslight of the Day, No.31 [South Bank] (oleaginous)
Gaslight of the Day, No.32 [Victoria and Albert Museum]
Gaslight of the Day, No.33 [Canada House, Trafalgar Square]
Gaslight of the Day, No.34 [Charing Cross/Trafalgar Square] (would suit Paris better, I think)
Gaslight of the Day, No.35 [Royal Courts of Justice, Carey Street]
Gaslight of the Day, No.36 [Manchester Square]
Gaslight of the Day, No.37 [Manchester Square]
Gaslight of the Day, No.38 [Marylebone Library] (yes, electric, I know; but in the gaslight tradition, eh?)
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