List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: NEEDLES LIGHTHOUSE
List entry Number: 1291000
Location
NEEDLES LIGHTHOUSE
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National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 28-Mar-1994
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 393232
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
TOTLAND
SZ38NW Needles Lighthouse
1354-0/4/308
II
Lighthouse. 1859 by James Walker, consultant engineer to
Trinity House, replacing an earlier lighthouse which stood on
the cliff top. Built of granite masonry. 33.25 metres high of
uniform diameter with an unevenly stepped base. Although the
tower has no taper the walls vary from 1.07 metres in
thickness at the bottom to 0.61 metres at the top.
Battlemented parapet.
(Douglas B. Hague and Rosemary Christie: Lighthouses their
Architecture, History and Archaeology: 98 AND 131).
Listing NGR: SZ2895184810
Selected Sources
- Book Reference - Author: Douglas B Hague and Rosemary Christie - Title: Lighthouses their Architecture History and Archaeology - Date: 1975 - Page References: 98 131
National Grid Reference: SZ 28951 84810
Map
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