Lower Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Lighthouse.

Lower Lighthouse

WRENN ID
guardian-lantern-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Lighthouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5299 ESPLANADE Lower Lighthouse SD 3348 2/3 26.4.50 II

  2. 1836-41. Opened in 1840 (Preston Chronicle and Railway Magazine) and almost certainly designed by Decimus Burton. Cost £1,000. Ashlar. Red sandstone. 3 stages. Lower stage has a Tuscan order on a 2-step podium, forming a portico in antis on south side. Balustrade with vase-shaped balusters, dies, and moulded rail. Middle stage has 1 blind round-arched door with plain raised frames on each side, each with oculus over. Balcony with cast-iron railings, on plain deep brackets. Top stage octagonal. Moulded cornice. Octagonal dome with tiny octagonal drum at apex.

Listing NGR: SD3383848518

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