Description

TA 27 SE FLAMBOROUGH LIGHTHOUSE ROAD
(east end, off)

7/42 The Lighthouse
30.6.66 (Formerly listed as
GV II Flamborough
Lighthouse)

Lighthouse. 1806 raised 1925. By John Matson of Bridlington for
Trinity House. Rendered brick with stone dressings, cast and wrought-
iron. Conical tower about 27 metres high from ground to balcony. High
chamfered plinth, casement windows in stone surrounds with low pediments
over lintels. Deep moulded cornice below cast-iron balcony with moulded
newels and mushroom finials. Lantern storey with weather-vane above.
Interior has basement oil store with brick dome, spiral stone stair with
slender square-section balusters supporting wrought-iron handrail,
central cast-iron tube, rising through full height of lighthouse, for
driving-weights. Lamp carried on 6 cast-iron pillars supporting pointed
arches with decoratively pierced spandrels.

Listing NGR: TA2543170646

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Flamborough Head Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q3739780

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)