2 Defence Electric Light Emplacements to East of Link House
2 DEFENCE ELECTRIC LIGHT EMPLACEMENTS TO EAST OF LINK HOUSE, LINKS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1371407
- Date first listed:
- 07-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- 2 Defence Electric Light Emplacements to East of Link House
- Statutory Address:
- 2 DEFENCE ELECTRIC LIGHT EMPLACEMENTS TO EAST OF LINK HOUSE, LINKS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1371407
- Date first listed:
- 07-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- 2 Defence Electric Light Emplacements to East of Link House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 2 DEFENCE ELECTRIC LIGHT EMPLACEMENTS TO EAST OF LINK HOUSE, LINKS ROAD
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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.
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:
- 2 DEFENCE ELECTRIC LIGHT EMPLACEMENTS TO EAST OF LINK HOUSE, LINKS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Blyth
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 32058 79687
Details
BLYTH LINKS ROAD NZ 37 NW (EAST SIDE) 5/121 2 Defence Electric light emplacements, to east of Link House GV II Defence electric light emplacements, 1914-19. Reinforced concrete and steel, with some brick, whitewashed. Two small rectangular buildings 20 metres apart, each with a semi-octagonal projection at the seaward corner.
Each has a doorway and boarded window in the landward end, machine gun loops in the other walls, and boarded openings of curving section in the projection, under a heavy girder; added brickwork above girder level in emplacement no.1 (southern). The projections have flat roofs of a slightly-lower level to the low-pitched roof of the main part. The beam produced by a parabola-ellipse reflector could be directed through an 0.1 metre slit between curved metal shutters and still illuminate a wide area of sea; the 2 emplacements were operated by an E.L.O. (Electric Light Officer) in a director station at Link House Battery (q.v.) 300 metres to the south, and powered by an engine house 50 metres to the west, now a public lavatory (q.v.). Rare survival of a World War 1 coastal defence installation.
Listing NGR: NZ3205879687
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 236083
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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