Description

David and Thomas Stevenson, 1858, with late 19th century additions. Rock lighthouse complex of harled brick comprising short battered circular tower corbelled out to balcony with cast-iron handrail circumventing domed metal lantern; single storey flat-roofed square accommodation building adjoining to E, fog horn house adjacent to S enclosed by boundary wall with entrance gate to E accessed from sea by straight flight of steps incised into rock; W boundary wall extends S terminated adjacent to single storey rectangular outbuilding with flat roof and chimney.

Statement of Interest

Built of brick for ease of transport, the light was constructed after bitter argument between the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses and the Board of Trade (Trinity House). On David Stevenson's advice, the Commissioners had advised against such a wild site, but worried that war in the Crimea might spread to northern seas, Trinity House insisted that the Commissioners' "eminent engineer" would overcome any difficulties.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Muckle Flugga Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2205850

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)