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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• South Foreland Upper Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• South Foreland Upper Lighthouse official website
• Wikidata Q386221

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)