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Latitude: 53.579 / 53°34'44"N
Longitude: 0.1183 / 0°7'6"E
OS Eastings: 540345
OS Northings: 411239
OS Grid: TA403112
Mapcode National: GBR YW81.FR
Mapcode Global: WHJK0.S9JM
Plus Code: 9F52H4H9+H8
Entry Name: Spurn Lighthouse
Listing Date: 27 February 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1083476
English Heritage Legacy ID: 166547
Also known as: Spurn Point High
Spurn Point High Light
ID on this website: 101083476
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, HU12
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Civil Parish: Easington
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Easington with Skeffling All Saints
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Lighthouse
EASINGTON SPURN POINT
TA 41 SW
14/6 Spurn Lighthouse
GV II
Lighthouse. 1893-5 by Thomas Matthews for Trinity House. Brick, painted,
on concrete base. Tapered round tower with entrance to west. 6 storeys,
surmounted by lantern; overall height approximately 36 metres. High
chamfered plinth. Flight of 5 stone steps flanked by cast- and wrought-iron
railings with wreathed handrail, column newel and plain balusters. Recessed
double board doors with louvred lower panels and 2-pane overlight beneath
segmental arch. Recessed relief panel above with painted Trinity House
arms, crest and motto "Trinitas in Unitate". Deeply-recessed segmental-
headed windows with projecting sills. Top section corbelled out to light
inspection platform with plain railing. Cylindrical lantern with latticed
glazing bars. Domed cupola with cylindrical ventilator. Built to replace
Smeaton's High Lighthouse of 1771-6, demolished in 1895, and the Low
Lighthouse of 1852 (qv). A prominent landmark, and one of the series of
Humber Estuary lights which included lighthouses at Thorngumbald and South
Killingholme (qv). Ceased operation in 1985. G de Boer, A History of the
Spurn Lighthouses, East Yorkshire Local History Series No 24, 1968, pp 66-8.
Listing NGR: TA4034511239
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