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Latitude: 50.5922 / 50°35'31"N
Longitude: -1.3031 / 1°18'11"W
OS Eastings: 449426
OS Northings: 77170
OS Grid: SZ494771
Mapcode National: GBR 8CP.TL3
Mapcode Global: FRA 875H.L65
Plus Code: 9C2WHMRW+VQ
Entry Name: The Old Lighthouse
Listing Date: 18 January 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1291413
English Heritage Legacy ID: 392856
ID on this website: 101291413
Location: Blackgang, Isle of Wight, PO38
County: Isle of Wight
Civil Parish: Niton and Whitwell
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Isle of Wight
Church of England Parish: Niton St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Lighthouse
NITON AND WHITWELL
SZ47NW NITON DOWN 1353-0/5/225 The Old Lighthouse 18/01/67
GV II
Unfinished lighthouse. 1785. Low circular tower of 2 storeys built of stone rubble faced with ashlar with upright rectangular window spaces. Trinity House intended it to replace the old mediaeval pharos about 150 metres to the north in the adjoining parish of Chale (qv item ) but the building was abandoned before completion because of the frequent mists which veiled the hill and another lighthouse was not built until 1838-40 by the coast after the wreck of the 'Clarendon' in Chale Bay in 1836, the present St Catherine's Lighthouse. The old lighthouse is locally known as "the Salt Cellar", the mediaeval pharos being known as "the Pepper Pot".
Listing NGR: SZ4942677170
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