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Latitude: 53.3309 / 53°19'51"N
Longitude: -4.6193 / 4°37'9"W
OS Eastings: 225676
OS Northings: 384753
OS Grid: SH256847
Mapcode National: GBR GMZW.T0N
Mapcode Global: WH429.0JMT
Plus Code: 9C5Q89JJ+97
Entry Name: Lighthouse on Holyhead Breakwater
Listing Date: 19 July 1988
Last Amended: 29 March 1996
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5744
Building Class: Maritime
ID on this website: 300005744
Location: Set on ovoid platform forming the outer end of the long breakwater stretching into Holyhead Bay.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Holyhead (Caergybi)
Community: Holyhead
Locality: Soldier's Point
Built-Up Area: Holyhead
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Lighthouse
The precise date of the lighthouse is unknown, though a publication of 1871 suggests that it was built in 1850. If so, it may have been designed by J.M.Rendell who was the engineer who prepared the plans for the breakwater in 1845. However it has also been attributed to John Hawkshaw, the superintending engineer who completed the breakwater between 1857 and 1873.
Square, tapering 3-storey masonry tower 19.2m high and ainted in black and white bands. Chamfered angles and stepped plinth. Raised surrounds to openings and matching recesses. Roll-moulding over ground floor; moulded cornice supports walkway around circular lantern. Lantern has latticework glazing and domed cap surmounted by weather vane and ball finial.
An important component of the engineering works of the Holyhead Breakwater, and a very good example of an harbour light retaining its original character.
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