Description

ORCHARD PLACE E14
1. Blackwall
4451
TQ 3980 27/3 Trinity House Chain
Locker and Lighthouse
Block
II

2.
C1860 stock brick double gabled range with octagonal lighthouse built into
east gable end nearest river. Coped parapet gable ends. Squat segmental gauged
brick arched windows with wall raised up with segmental head in centre of south
side over blocked former large work doors. Oculi in upper part of gable flank
lighthouse tower which has recessed full height panels to its faces framing
narrow windows with blind panels to "third floor" level. Moulded cornice gallery
around base of circular lantern. Originally there was a similar light to tile
east gable. Same details of fenestration to the north gabled section. This
block served as chain locker shop for the servicing of Trinity House lights
and ships. Still used for repair work.

Listing NGR: TQ3946080676

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081832

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]