Listed Building: SOUTH FORELAND LIGHTHOUSE (1101512)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1411, 6, 58
Date assigned 23 April 1987
Date last amended

Description

TR 34 SE ST MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE THE FRONT (south Foreland) 6/58 South Foreland Lighthouse II Lighthouse and outbuildings. Built 1793, rebuilt 1843. Rendered, with slate roofs. Irregular octagon with flanking wings. The tower is of 3 storeys on a plinth, with machicolations and battlemented parapet. Lantern with ball finial and weather vane. Single storey outbuildings with plinth and parapet and low hipped roof with 2 cast iron chimney pots. Projecting canted bay window on main facade, and projecting return wing both with pediment-shaped parapets and Trinity House emblems. Linked to tower by short wing with four centred arched doorway. Main entry to tower with pointed arch on attached shafts. With the first permanent electric lamp in the country (installed 1872, only the Lizard Light is more powerful on the south coast). Listing NGR: TR3591143305

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Sources (1)

  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 3591 4330 (point)
Map sheet TR34SE
Civil Parish ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 11:07AM