The Day Mark
THE DAY MARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1141204
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- List Entry Name:
- The Day Mark
- Statutory Address:
- THE DAY MARK
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- Date:
- 2001-09-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/05602/12
- Rights:
- © Mr Bernard Stradling. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1141204
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- List Entry Name:
- The Day Mark
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DAY MARK
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE DAY MARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isles of Scilly (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Martin's
- National Grid Reference:
- SV 94186 16093
Details
ST. MARTIN'S
SV9lNW The Day Mark 1358-0/2/21 06/04/59
II*
Day mark. Erected 1683 by Thomas Ekins, first steward of the Godophin Family to live on the islands. Rendered granite. Circular tower. 4.8m in diameter and 6.4m high, set back to conical termination making it llm high. Blocked arched entrance door with incorrect date of 1637. It was painted white until 1822 but by 1833 had been painted red, and is now painted in bands of red and white. Ekins encouraged the resettlement of St. Martins from the 1680s. The earliest surviving dated example of a beacon in the British Isles. (Hague D and Christie R: Lighthouses: Their Architecture, History and Archaeology: Llandysul: 1975-: 208; Borlase, W: Observations on ... the Islands of Scilly: Oxford: 1754-: 54).
Listing NGR: SV9418616093
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 62460
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hague, B, Christie, R, Lighthouses their Architecture History and Archaeology, (1975), 208
Borlase, W, Observations on the Antiquities of the Islands of Scilly, (1754), 54
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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