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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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1371411
Date first listed:
28-Jul-1950
Statutory Address:
HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)
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The back door of number 8 Bath Terrace, Blyth.
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1371411
Date first listed:
28-Jul-1950
Date of most recent amendment:
15-Jul-1987
Statutory Address 1:
HIGH LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSE ATTACHED TO REAR WING OF NUMBER 8), BATH TERRACE (BACK LANE)

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The lighthouse was worked in conjunction with the Low Light (rebuilt 1936) until 1985, when it was superseded by modern navigation aids on a different alignment and repainted mushroom instead of white.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

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235994
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