Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD26NW RAMPSIDE
708-1/6/110 (South side (off))
21/08/91 No.4 Leading Light on foreshore near
Rampside Hall

II

Navigation beacon. c1875. Red and yellow brick. Slender,
square tower approx 20m in height. Clasping, red brick
pilaster strips and yellow brick side panels with iron straps
that project up from concrete foundation; iron access door and
small slit windows. Corbelled brickwork beneath yellow brick
lantern housing with iron strapping and rectangular panels on
each side. More corbelling beneath brick, pyramidal roof.
Similar leading lights were built on Foulney Island and off
Carr Lane, Walney Island (both now demolished). The alignment
of the lights assisted the approach to Barrow-in-Furness.

Listing NGR: SD2413966237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Rampside Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q3739809

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)