Description

NITON AND WHITWELL

SZ47NE ST CATHERINE'S ROAD (OFF)
1353-0/5/233 St Catherine's Lighthouse
18/01/67

GV II

Lighthouse. Built 1838-40. Designed by Walker and Burgess and
altered in 1875 when, on account of mist the height was
reduced to 86 feet by the removal of the upper stage and part
of the middle stage. Stuccoed octagonal tower of 2 stages.
Machicolations and castellated parapet surmounted by conical
light and ball finial and weathervane. In 1932 a lower tower
of 2 storeys, reproducing the design of the main lighthouse as
shortened, but with an open arcade on the ground floor, was
added on the south side to mount the foghorn. These 2 towers
are known locally as the Cow and the Calf. To the west of the
main Lighthouse tower is a doorway with the date 1838 over it
and a projection on the ground floor with gable above.
Attached to the east is the Head Lighthouse keeper's house of
1 storey with curved front and round headed window facing
east. This lighthouse was one of the first in the world to be
illuminated by electric light being fitted with it in 1888.
This is the third lighthouse to be built, the lst being the
old mediaeval pharos attached to St Catherine's Oratory, the
2nd being an unfinished lighthouse started in 1785 beside it
but abandoned don account of dense mists. St Catherine's
lighthouse was built as a result of the wreck of the
'Clarendon' in Chale Bay on the 11th October 1836.

Listing NGR: SZ4981275339

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St. Catherine's Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5473757

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas