Description

Cast and wrought iron, circa 1860. Corinthian column with rope-moulded band around middle, mounted on square cast-iron base and supporting square entablature with 4-faced clock, surmounted by octagonal gothic lantern with crown, bell and weathervane. Base has plain plinth, panels above have on opposing faces lion head faucets in stop-chamfered inset panels, with basins. Surmounted by Greenock coat-of-arms in circular cartouche. Low relief thistles in top corners of surround. Other faces have crown flanked by 'VR'. Above panels, cornice with fleuron ornament. Above cornice base tapers to plain octagon. Base marked Rankin and Blackmore, Engineers, Eagle Foundry, Greenock.

Statement of Interest

Made for Greenock Harbour Trust to replace smaller light now sited on Esplanade (listed separately). Scotland's most fanciful and elaborate harbour light. (Part of A Group with Custom House).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826024

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (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)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)