The Sconce House Collection Naunton Pressed Steel Bulkhead

The bulkhead light off a ship, made in steel rather than aluminium so it has some weight. Cage optional.

A hallway is the one room in the house that is only ever passed through, so the light in it has to do its work without being looked at. That means shallow projection so nothing is caught by a coat or a shoulder, a wide enough spread that you are not walking through pools of light and dark, and enough output to see a doormat and a set of keys. Everything in this group is held to 180mm projection or less unless the description says otherwise.

Specification

• Height 200mm, width 200mm, projection from the wall 120mm
• Materials: steel, brass or glass depending on the fitting
• Finish: four finishes
• Lamp: 1 x E27, maximum 60W
• Supply: hardwired, 220 to 240V, 50Hz, terminal block behind the backplate
• Switching: no integral switch, wired to a wall switch or a dimmer circuit
• Rating: IP20, for dry indoor rooms
• Backplate: round or shaped, covers a single pattress
• Projection: 120mm, chosen so it clears a passing shoulder
• Weight: approximately 2.0 kilograms
• Dimmable on a trailing edge dimmer
• Recommended mounting height: 1700mm to 1800mm in a hallway
• Sold singly

Fitting

This is a hardwired fitting and should be installed by a qualified electrician working to BS 7671. It arrives with a standard round backplate and fixing screws. Wall plugs are not supplied because the right fixing depends on whether you are going into brick, block, plasterboard or lath and plaster. At roughly 2.0 kilograms it is light enough for a good quality plasterboard anchor if there is no timber behind.