Low Lighthouse

Date:
19 Jun 2002
Location:
Low Lighthouse, The Esplanade, Harwich, Tendring, Essex
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Low Lighthouse, Harwich Green, Harwich, Tendring, Essex
Reference:
IOE01/07507/31
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

HARWICH

TM2632SW THE ESPLANADE 609-1/3/107 Low Lighthouse 30/06/64 (Formerly Listed as: HARWICH GREEN Low Lighthouse)

GV II

Former lighthouse, now maritime museum. 1818. By John Rennie the Elder. For General Rebow. Yellow stock bricks with stone dressings now all white painted. Tapering 10-sided shaft with black painted stone 'tent' roof with cornice overhang and lotus finial. 3 adjoining faces to SE and back for light opening, but now faced with painted timber panels. Timber balcony all round with tubular metal handrail. Low pitched felt roof around base, part open on thin columns and part enclosed in C20 painted brickwork. Small windows with prominent hoodmoulds. Similar in detail to High Lighthouse but character changed as result of the painting of cladding materials.

Listing NGR: TM2628332328

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2237 IOE Records taken by Wilfred N Winder; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Wilfred N. Winder. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Winder, Wilfred N.

Rights Holder: Winder, Wilfred N.

Keywords

Brick, Felt, Stone, Timber, Georgian Lighthouse, Maritime, Navigation Aid, Communications, Signalling Structure, Museum, Education, Recreational, Art And Education Venue