High Light (Lighthouse Attached to Rear Wing of Number 8)
HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1371411
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1950
- List Entry Name:
- High Light (Lighthouse Attached to Rear Wing of Number 8)
- Statutory Address:
- HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1371411
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- High Light (Lighthouse Attached to Rear Wing of Number 8)
- Statutory Address 1:
- HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)
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:
- HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)
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 31980 81346
Details
BLYTH BATH TERRACE NZ 3181 SE (back lane) 12/30 High Light (lighthouse attached 28.7.50 to rear wing of No.8) (formerly listed as High GV II Lighthouse) Lighthouse, 1780-90, heightened twice in later C19/early C20. C18 part squared stone, upper parts brick, colour-washed. Slightly-tapered circular tower. Lower part in 4 stages, divided by bands. Doorway on north, within small added porch; quatrefoil or cross loops, some blocked, to cardinal points. Upper part with 2 bands on moulded corbels, 2 windows to south. Flat roof has railing with knobbed spiral standards.
Interior: C18 part has stone newel stair; ladders in top section.
The lighthouse was worked in conjunction with the Low Light (rebuilt 1936) until 1985, when it was superseded by modern navigation aids on a different alignment and repainted mushroom instead of white.
Listing NGR: NZ3198081346
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 235994
- 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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