Beacon Tower at East End of North Pier of West Harbour is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1987. Beacon tower.

Beacon Tower at East End of North Pier of West Harbour

WRENN ID
final-belfry-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Hartlepool MP: Mr Jonathan Brash (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1987
Type
Beacon tower
Address
Beacon Tower at East End of North Pier of West Harbour, Commercial Street, Hartlepool
OS grid reference
NZ 521 329
Coordinates
54.68861, -1.19278
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The beacon tower at the east end of the North Pier of West Harbour is a Grade II listed structure, built around 1850, likely designed by engineer Thomas Casebourne for the Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Company. The tower features a cast iron column and lantern, set on a sandstone ashlar plinth. It has a fluted Doric column with a square abacus that supports an octagonal pedestal-shaped lantern. Each face of the lantern has a rectangular opening, which is now mostly blocked and covered with copper sheets. There is a door located at the base of the north-west face of the column, and the structure stands on a five-stepped octagonal plinth. Originally, it served as a navigation light at the entrance to West Harbour, but it is now disused and in a state of disrepair.

Local climate

Beacon Tower at East End of North Pier of West Harbour receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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