Description

TR 34 SE ST MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE THE FRONT
(south Foreland)
6/57
St. Margaret's
22.8.66 Old Lighthouse

GV II

Lighthouse. Built 1795, rebuilt 1843. Red brick rendered with Roman
cement, with cast iron lantern. Octagonal plan. Two storeys, with
machicolated battlements. Lantern with latticed windows. Two four
centred arched doorways, with entrance porch missing, one leading to
basement, that to right to main stair, with niche between. Interior:
staircase winds inside main chamber, with cast iron floors, the walls
originally panelled and surviving in part. Cast iron lantern, the light
originally floated on a bed of mercury to maintain balance. Glazing
lost. The single storey outbuilding described in previous survey has
fallen victim to the receding cliffline. Sold by Trinity House with the
establishment of the Goodwin Lightship.

Listing NGR: TR3591143305

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• South Foreland Lower Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26323604

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)