Survey Data
Reg No
11359034
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Lighthouse
In Use As
Lighthouse
Date
1815 - 1820
Coordinates
328658, 239850
Date Recorded
27/06/2000
Date Updated
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Description
Three-stage ashlar granite lighthouse, built 1817, with cast-iron railings surrounding glass lantern. Two-bay two-storey ashlar granite lighthouse keeper's house attached to south-east, converted to two-storeys in 1856. Converted to unattended electric lighting in 1955. ROOF: Glass & steel lantern, steel railings to observation deck. WALLS: Granite ashlar; granite corbels supporting projecting observation deck. Wall plaque with date inscribed. OPENINGS: Square headed sash windows to lighthouse uPVC sashes to lighthouse keeper's house. Square headed; tongue and grooved timber panelled door; plain overlight; Semi-circular granite doorstep.