Outdoor Lanterns

Lumination's outdoor lanterns range covers traditional wall-hung lanterns, post-mounted lanterns and contemporary lantern-form outdoor lights for garden and entrance use. Every fitting carries IP44 minimum, with IP65 throughout the range for exposed outdoor positions. Brands include Elstead and Endon in black iron, bronze, aged brass and contemporary painted finishes.

Skip to results list
Category
Price
to
The highest price is £1,590.00
Clear
Lighting Type
47 items

Filter

Category
Price
to
The highest price is £1,590.00
Lighting Type

Showing 24 of 47 pieces

Outdoor Lanterns: Traditional Styles for Period and Country Properties

The lantern is the most historically rooted outdoor light form. Traditional outdoor lanterns draw from 18th and 19th century coach-house and street lamp designs: a metal frame (iron, brass or bronze) with glass panels that admit light while protecting the flame or bulb from wind and rain. In a residential context, a wall-hung outdoor lantern flanking a front door or gate is both a practical light source and a strong visual signal of the property's character.

Lumination stocks traditional outdoor lanterns from Elstead, which produces one of the UK's most extensive ranges of period outdoor lantern designs in confirmed IP65 ratings. Endon covers transitional and contemporary lantern interpretations. For post-mounted options, see the pillar and post lights range. For porch-specific entrance lighting, browse porch lights.

Outdoor Lantern Sizes and Proportions

The size of an outdoor lantern should be proportionate to the scale of the property and the mounting position. For a standard semi-detached terrace with an 80 to 90 cm front door, a lantern of 20 to 30 cm in height suits the scale. For a detached house with a taller and wider entrance, a lantern of 30 to 50 cm in height is appropriate. For gate posts, a lantern of 25 to 35 cm suits standard domestic gate widths. Lumination lists the height, width and projection of every outdoor lantern in this range, so you can confirm the scale against your property before purchasing.

Contemporary Outdoor Lanterns for Modern Properties

Contemporary outdoor lanterns reinterpret the lantern form in modern materials: powder-coated aluminium in anthracite, dark grey and graphite, with clear or diffused glass panels and integrated LED modules rather than lamp-holder bulbs. These suit modern and transitional properties where a completely flat contemporary wall light would look too stark but a fully traditional cast-iron lantern would look incongruous. The lantern form provides visual warmth and character while the contemporary finish and materials suit a modern exterior. Lumination's Taunton and Wellington showrooms display outdoor lanterns from both Elstead and Endon, allowing direct comparison of traditional and contemporary interpretations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Victorian terraces suit traditional outdoor lanterns in black powder-coated cast iron with tapered or ogee-curved glass panels, in designs that reference late 19th century British street and coach-house lamp styles. Elstead produces a comprehensive range of Victorian-appropriate outdoor lanterns in confirmed IP65 ratings, covering simple single-pane designs for narrower terrace fronts and more elaborate multi-pane lanterns for wider or grander Victorian facades. Key finish details to look for are black or aged-iron metalwork, clear or seeded glass panels and flat backplates suited to brick wall mounting. Avoid lanterns with very modern geometric profiles or anthracite powder-coat finishes, which tend to read as contemporary interpretations that do not match the Victorian building style. Lumination's Taunton showroom team advises on period property outdoor lantern selection regularly.
Outdoor lanterns in any exposed garden or entrance position require a minimum of IP65. IP65 provides protection against low-pressure water jets from any direction and is the correct standard for fittings that will be exposed to direct rain, which includes the vast majority of UK domestic outdoor lantern positions. IP44 provides splash protection only and is technically sufficient only for lanterns installed in covered and sheltered positions where there is no risk of direct water contact. Lumination always recommends IP65 for all outdoor lantern installations as the practical standard. Elstead outdoor lanterns carry confirmed IP65 ratings across the full range. Endon also produces IP65 rated contemporary lantern designs. All outdoor lanterns in Lumination's range have the IP rating confirmed on the product page.
For a standard front door of 80 to 90 cm width, a wall lantern of 20 to 30 cm in height is proportionate. For a wider front door of 90 to 120 cm, a lantern of 25 to 40 cm in height suits the scale better. For a very grand entrance with a full-height doorcase, a lantern of 40 to 60 cm or a matching pair of smaller lanterns one to each side of the door gives appropriate visual scale. The lantern width should also be checked: a lantern of 15 to 20 cm in width projects less into the entrance area than a wider design and suits narrower porch depths. Lumination lists the full dimensions (height, width and projection distance from wall) of every outdoor lantern in this range. The Taunton showroom team can advise on scale for specific property entrances. Free delivery applies to orders over £75.
Yes. Most outdoor lanterns from Elstead and Endon use E27 or E14 lamp holders that accept LED bulbs directly. For an outdoor lantern where the filament of the bulb is visible through the glass panels, a clear vintage-style LED filament bulb at 2,700 K produces the most authentic appearance of a flame-lit lantern while consuming only 4 to 6 W. For lanterns where the bulb is concealed behind an opal or frosted glass panel, a standard GLS-form LED bulb at 600 to 800 lumens gives good light output. Outdoor lanterns must use LED bulbs rated for outdoor use (these are standard LED bulbs and all current LED types are suitable for outdoor use within a sealed lantern body). Lumination lists the lamp holder type on every outdoor lantern product page.
Lumination stocks outdoor lanterns from Elstead and Endon. Elstead is one of the UK's leading outdoor lantern specialists, producing a comprehensive range of traditional and period-influenced designs in black iron, bronze and aged brass with confirmed IP65 ratings. Their range covers everything from small terrace wall lanterns to large estate-style entrance lanterns for detached properties. Endon covers contemporary and transitional outdoor lantern designs in anthracite and graphite finishes suited to modern properties. Both brands are selected by Lumination's buying team for confirmed IP compliance, material quality and visual suitability for UK residential exteriors. Lumination has been supplying outdoor lanterns to UK homeowners for more than 25 years from the Taunton base in Somerset.
FREE SHIPPING

FREE SHIPPING

on orders over £75

2 Showrooms

2 Showrooms

See Our Stock In Person

We Offer a 14-Day

We Offer a 14-Day

Return Policy

4.8 Star

4.8 Star

Reviewed On Google

SSL

SSL

Encrypted Payments