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Round Island Lighthouse and attached house

A Grade II Listed Building in Tresco, Isles of Scilly

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Coordinates

Latitude: 49.9789 / 49°58'44"N

Longitude: -6.323 / 6°19'22"W

OS Eastings: 90186

OS Northings: 17708

OS Grid: SV901177

Mapcode National: GBR BXSQ.SPR

Mapcode Global: VGYBR.CS4K

Plus Code: 8CXMXMHG+HR

Entry Name: Round Island Lighthouse and attached house

Listing Date: 14 December 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1219178

English Heritage Legacy ID: 62552

Also known as: Round Island Light
Round Island (Scilly) Lighthouse

ID on this website: 101219178

Location: Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, TR24

County: Isles of Scilly

Civil Parish: Tresco

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Isles of Scilly

Church of England Diocese: Truro

Tagged with: Lighthouse

Description


This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 31 May 2024 to amend details in the description and reformat the text to current standards

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Round Island Lighthouse and attached house

II

Lighthouse. 1887, by William Tregarthen Douglass.

MATERIALS: Granite ashlar; cast-iron cupola.

PLAN: Circular plan to tapering three-stage tower.

EXTERIOR: Square-headed cross windows. Cast-iron parapet rail and lattice light with curved conical roof. Attached single-storey house of five-window range has four sash windows with glazing bars and central porch with doors in returns and fixed eight-pane casement to front; projecting cornice to flat roof. Lights modernised 1967.

SOURCES: Laws P, The Buildings of Scilly, 1980, 20.

Listing NGR: SV9018617708

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