Description

HARWICH

TM2652SW WEST STREET
609-1/3/149 High Lighthouse
30/06/64

GV II*

Lighthouse, now disused. 1818. By Daniel Asher Alexander. For
General Rebow. Contractor John Rennie the Elder. Of yellow
stock bricks with stone dressings. Tall 9-sided tapering shaft
with stone 'tent' roof with wide eaves overhang and lotus
finial.
EXTERIOR: tall cruciform plan chimneystack rises on NW from
stone corbel. 3 adjoining faces to SE one recessed to form
light opening. These 3 faces are organised to form symmetrical
composition, in lower part, with projecting stone slab canopy
surmounted by band of stone blind arches. Below this is a
window and entrance door, on 'first floor' with stone surround
and hood on consoles. Series of irregularly placed windows to
internal staircase with small pane double-hung sashes, moulded
hoods and stone surrounds all with a slight 'Egyptian'
flavour. Flight of stone stairs leads up to entrance and has
wrought-iron handrail with forked balusters of serpentine
profile. Stone slab at entrance is cantilevered. Similar but
plainer door surround at ground level with pair of 3 flush
panelled doors. Circular stone curb, formerly with railings,
around base.

Listing NGR: TM2611632438

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Harwich High Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17532999

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)