Lizard lighthouse

Lizard lighthouse, The Lizard

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1328497
Date first listed:: 09-Oct-1984
List Entry Name:: Lizard lighthouse
Statutory Address:: Lizard lighthouse, The Lizard

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1328497
Date first listed:: 09-Oct-1984
List Entry Name:: Lizard lighthouse
Statutory Address 1:: Lizard lighthouse, The Lizard

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Lizard lighthouse, The Lizard

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District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Landewednack
National Grid Reference:: SW 70405 11578

Details

This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 30 May 2024 to amend details in the description, name and address and reformat the text to current standards

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LANDEWEDNACK THE LIZARD Lizard lighthouse

(Formerly listed as The Lighthouse)

GV II

Lighthouse 1752; engine room 1881; outer buildings and dwellings, 1882. Further alterations in 1903. Thomas Fonnereau of Bochym superintended construction for the Corporation of Trinity House, London (present owners).

MATERIALS: Granite covered with cement masonry-paint and double-skinned roof of Cornish slate.

PLAN: Two towers connected by a long range of apartments and offices.

EXTERIOR: Eastern tower, octagonal with rectangular window openings of four panes under hood moulds. Circular lantern with diagonal lattice-work grills and surrounding railings. Conical roof with ball finials. West tower as east but no longer contains lantern. Main facade of apartments face south. Two storeys with rectangular windows with hood moulds. Gable-end bays project beyond facade. Six tall black tarred chimneys with tall pots creating a distinctive silhouette. Single storey outshut along back with hipped-roof wings beyond.

INTERIOR: Interior of eastern tower: oak panelled, with teak, oak and mahogany fittings. Granite staircase cantilevered out. Eastern tower and engine house internally inspected.

HISTORY: First lighthouse finished in 1619. Built by Sir John Killigrew. New lighthouse of 1752 built with two towers (used for navigation - when lined up sufficient room to reach out to sea). Coal furnaces used initially. 1812 oil driven lamps introduced with reflectors. 1878 arc lamps and fog siren. Twin towers in operation until 1903 when single flashing light used in eastern tower.

SOURCES: information from head keeper; Mayne WB, Landewednack, Southernmost Cornwall, 1907.

Listing NGR: SW7040511578

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Legacy System number:: 64652
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

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Mayne, W B , Landewednack Southernmost Cornwall Its Parochial History, (1907)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.