Listed Building: LIGHTHOUSE ON WEST PIER (1086089)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1413, 19, 349 |
Date assigned | 30 October 1985 |
Date last amended |
Description
RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR TR 3864 SW 19/349 Lighthouse on West Pier 30.10.85 GV II Lighthouse. 1842 by John Shaw. Cornish granite, glass and iron. Cylindrical column of granite with moulded base and entablature, the frieze inscribed 3 times: Perfugium Miseris. South western doorway with 3 panel iron door and date stone over: AD MD CCCXCII. Octagonal glass lantern with iron cornice ornamented with shells, and with ball finial and weather vane. Contains 150 watt lamp with stepped lens with light range of 7 miles. Replaced an earlier Benjamin Wyatt lighthouse which had been too close to the pier head, and damaged by overhanging ships masts. (Busson, Cap. 3; Matkin, Maritime Thanet).
Listing NGR: TR3846164290
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 3846 6428 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR36SE |
Civil Parish | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 9:41AM