Trevose Lighthouse
Trevose Lighthouse
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212769
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Trevose Lighthouse
- Statutory Address:
- Trevose Lighthouse
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212769
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Trevose Lighthouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- Trevose Lighthouse
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:
- Trevose Lighthouse
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Merryn
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8507876563
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 29 May 2024 to amend details in the description and reformat the text to current standards
SW 87 NE
1/275
ST MERRYN
TREVOSE HEAD
Trevose Lighthouse
II
Lighthouse. 1847. Built by Jacob and Thomas Oliver and Sons of Falmouth.
MATERIALS: White painted masonry.
PLAN: Circular tower with low single storey entrance block flanked by two low single-storey dwelling blocks in overall V-shaped plan.
EXTERIOR: White tower of approximately 87 feet with parapet walkway and lantern surmounted by weather-vane. Single-storey pedimented entrance block with central entrance flanked by two low single-storey dwelling blocks with C20 windows.
INTERIOR: Thick fog prevented full inspection and internal inspection at time of survey. Fog signal not installed until 1882 when it was given its first major overhaul and updating.
SOURCES: Ingrey J, St Merryn: Its Bays and Byways, 1983; Pevsner N and Radcliffe E, The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd edition, 1970; Mudd D, Cornish Sea Lights, 1978.
Listing NGR: SW8507876563
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 397271
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, (1970)
Ingrey, J, St Merryn its Bays and Byways, (1983)
Mudd, D, Cornish Sea Lights, (1978)
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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