Lighthouse on Bank of River Ouse
LIGHTHOUSE ON BANK OF RIVER OUSE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1346751
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address:
- LIGHTHOUSE ON BANK OF RIVER OUSE, MAIN STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-11-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/03823/10
- Rights:
- © Mrs Janet Roworth. Source: Historic England Archive
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1346751
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- LIGHTHOUSE ON BANK OF RIVER OUSE, MAIN STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LIGHTHOUSE ON BANK OF RIVER OUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Twin Rivers
- National Grid Reference:
- SE8212723205
Details
SE 82 SW
SE 8213 2320
1/37
TWIN RIVERS
MAIN STREET (north side, off)
Whitgift
Lighthouse on bank of River Ouse
GV
II
Lighthouse. Probably late C19, for Aire and Calder Navigation. Concrete base with ashlar cornice; timber- or metal-framed tower with covering of felted vertical wooden boards, iron railings and balcony with timber decking; sheet metal dome. Circular on plan. Five-storey height. Three stages. Rusticated cylindrical bottom stage has plinth, steps to north entrance with recessed panelled door in chamfered architrave, plain board door to south, moulded ashlar cornice. Tapered tower above with sets of three small stairlights to south and west sides. Plain brackets supporting balcony with plain railings. Top stage with wide two-light window to north side beneath cornice and ribbed dome with small cylindrical ventilator with conical cap. Interior not inspected. A local landmark, and the only lighthouse on the Ouse-Trent-Humber river system upstream of the estuary mouth.
Listing NGR: SE8212723205
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165424
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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