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Latitude: 55.9823 / 55°58'56"N
Longitude: -3.1966 / 3°11'47"W
OS Eastings: 325437
OS Northings: 677241
OS Grid: NT254772
Mapcode National: GBR 8N2.0Z
Mapcode Global: WH6SD.WW0R
Plus Code: 9C7RXRJ3+W9
Entry Name: Western Lighthouse, Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Newhaven, New Lighthouse
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390315
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43712
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Newhaven East Pier Light (Edinburgh)
Newhaven New Lighthouse
Edinburgh, Newhaven Harbour, Western Lighthouse
ID on this website: 200390315
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Forth
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Lighthouse
NEW LIGHTHOUSE: 1869, James Dove & Company, Edinburgh; first lit 1878. Final addition to pier extension, 1876. Cast-iron; 4-tiered, octagonal section with coved and stepped cornice, swept upper stage with portholes and projecting balcony on brackets. Glass light; decorative fenestration; cast-iron cap converges in semi-circular finial.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
B Group with Newhaven Harbour and Old Harbour Light, Newhaven (see separate list entries). No longer used but relatively intact. Previously listed with Newhaven Harbour and Old Harbour Light (now listed separately).
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