The Domus CHESTER 1LT is a single-head post light on a 1.96m post die-cast aluminium with a moulded acrylic lens, IP43, takingone B22 lamp. Five powder-coated colours.

This item is made to order

Domus builds this fitting to order and asks for up to 10 business days for productionbefore it ships. It is not picked off a shelf.

• That is the trade-off for the finish choice. The body is powder-coated in the colouryou pick after you order, which is why the range offers five rather than one stocked colour.
• Plan the lead time into the job. If it is needed for a handover, a settlement or abooked electrician, tell us the date when you order and we will confirm the production window withDomus.
• Order the whole set together. On a property using several of these, a second orderplaced later starts its own ten days and a later powder-coat batch is not guaranteed to match thefirst.

1.96m is where the lantern clears head height, and that changes what it does

• This is the useful middle: high enough that the light spreads across a driveway ora courtyard rather than pooling at the base, and low enough that it still reads as a garden fitting.
• Fewer posts cover the same ground than at 1.32m, because the spread iswider.
• The lantern is above eye level, so you will see the lit lens rather than looking down ontoit. Which is an argument for a warm, lower-output lamp: at this height a bright cool globe in aclear-ish acrylic lens becomes the brightest thing in the garden.

A B22 holder with no maximum wattage recorded anywhere

• One B22 bayonet lamp, not included, and no source states the maximum not therecord, not the datasheet.
• A B22 LED at 911W is what we would fit, warm at around 3000K,rated for enclosed and damp use.
• Ask us before fitting anything above about 15W, and particularly before ahalogen a sealed acrylic lens is not a good place for heat.

And no footing specification or wind rating

• Nothing records the footing depth, the base plate size, the fixing pattern or the windloading. On a 2-metre post carrying a lantern that is a real consideration, not a formality.
• It matters more here than on the 1.32m post half a metre more leverarm against the same base.
• Tell us the site and we will get the footing detail from Domus before yourconcreter is on site rather than after.

The same lantern, thirteen ways

The CHESTER head is also made as a wall bracket, pillar mount, post top and pendant,and on eight other post arrangements singles at 1.32 and 2.37m, twins at1.49, 2.11 and 2.47m plus a 2.4m curved arm, and triples at 2.47m and 2.4m curved. On the shared datasheet and on no product page.

That shared sheet is also why it says Requires: Lamp GT-131 Wall Bracket a sibling configuration, not a part. 106 Domus products across nine lantern families carrya line of that shape, 79 of them on posts, pendants, post tops and pillar mounts where it isself-contradictory. Nothing extra is needed.

Two heights, and no rule connecting them

Title 1.96m. Recorded 1,930mm. Across all 36 Domus posts that state aheight twice there is no convention CHESTER, PARIS, TURIN and MONACO record belowtheir titles, AVIGNON records above, VIENNA records exactly. Ask us if the height iscritical.

Where it works

• Driveways and courtyards, where the spread from head height covers real ground.
• Front gardens and approaches, spaced more widely than the 1.32m postallows.
• Alongside CHESTER wall brackets and pillar mounts for one scheme.
• Not where the lit lens will be in a bedroom windows sight line at thisheight it is visible from first-floor windows.
• IP43, so not a wash-down or coastal front-line position.

Specifying it

Single-head post light on a 1.96m post. Die-cast aluminium with a moulded acrylic lens.IP43. 220240V AC. One B22 lamp not included. 235mm wide, 1,930mm recordedheight. Made in Italy, assembled and powder-coated in Australia. Beige, Black, Burgundy, Green or White. Warranty 1 year. No maximum lamp wattage, footing specification or wind rating is recorded ask us beforethe concreter is on site. No depth recorded on this listing (the 1.32m version records 290mm). The datasheet’s GT-131 wall-bracket line is a range-sheet artefact, not a part.

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Questions

Should I choose 1.32m, 1.96m or 2.37m?

It comes down to whether the lantern sits below or above head height. At 1.32m it is below eye level and puts a pool of light at its base a path light. At 1.96m, this one, it clears head height and throws light outward, so it lights an area: a driveway, a courtyard, an approach. At 2.37m the spread is widest but it starts reading as a street light on a domestic frontage. The middle height covers the most ground while still looking like a garden fitting.

What is the maximum lamp wattage?

Not recorded anywhere not in a product field and not on the datasheet. We would fit a B22 LED at 911W, warm at around 3000K, rated for enclosed and damp use. Ask us before fitting anything above about 15W, and particularly before a halogen: a sealed acrylic lens is not a good place for heat. Do not assume 60W is safe just because it is the usual B22 figure.

What footing does the post need?

Not recorded, and on a 2-metre post that is a real gap rather than a formality nothing states the footing depth, the base plate size, the fixing pattern or the wind loading. It matters more here than on the 1.32m post, because you have half a metre more lever arm working against the same base. Tell us the site and we will get the detail from Domus before your concreter is there, not after.

Will it be too bright at that height?

It can be, and it is worth thinking about because at 1.96m the lantern is above eye level you see the lit lens rather than looking down onto it. A bright cool globe in a fairly clear acrylic lens becomes the brightest thing in the garden and draws the eye away from everything else. A warm 911W LED at around 3000K gives plenty of light on the ground without the lantern itself dominating.

Is this lantern available in other configurations?

Thirteen in total, and no product page mentions them it is on the shared datasheet only. Wall bracket, pillar mount, post top and pendant, plus singles at 1.32 and 2.37m, twins at 1.49, 2.11 and 2.47m and a 2.4m curved arm, and triples at 2.47m and 2.4m curved. On a property that matters: the same head on the gate, the garage wall and the post reads as one scheme.

The datasheet mentions a wall bracket. Do I need one?

No. It is a range-sheet artefact the same document covers every CHESTER configuration, and that line names a sibling rather than a part. We measured it: 106 Domus products across nine lantern families carry a line of that shape, and 79 are posts, pendants, post tops or pillar mounts where it cannot be read as a requirement. The post arrives complete.

Why does the record say 1,930mm when the title says 1.96m?

We do not know, and we are not going to invent a rule. We compared all 36 Domus posts that state a height in both places and there is no convention this CHESTER range records below its titles, as do PARIS, TURIN and MONACO, while AVIGNON records above and VIENNA records exactly. Neither figure can be assumed to be the post alone or the post plus lantern. If the height is critical, ask us and we will measure one.