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Latitude: 49.8729 / 49°52'22"N
Longitude: -6.4455 / 6°26'43"W
OS Eastings: 80707
OS Northings: 6442
OS Grid: SV807064
Mapcode National: GBR BYG0.QGL
Mapcode Global: VGYC8.7GD9
Plus Code: 8CXMVHF3+5R
Entry Name: Bishop Rock Lighthouse
Listing Date: 14 December 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292068
English Heritage Legacy ID: 62446
ID on this website: 101292068
Location: Bishop Rock, off Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
County: Isles of Scilly
Civil Parish: St. Agnes
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Tagged with: Lighthouse
ST. AGNES
SV80NW Bishop Rock Lighthouse
1358-0/5/7
II
Tower lighthouse. c1852-1858 by James Walker; encased and
heightened in 1883 by James Douglass, superintending engineer.
Granite ashlar; metal cupola. Circular plan to tapering
6-stage tower. Boarded door and small windows. Bracketed
gallery beneath lattice light with conical roof. Cast-iron
tower of 1849 destroyed in 1850. Not seen. The tallest and
best-known tower lighthouse in the British Isles.
(Hague D and Christie R: Lighthouses: Their Architecture,
History and Archaeology: Llandysul: 1975-: 130-1).
Listing NGR: SV8070706442
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