Leasowe Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1952. Lighthouse. 4 related planning applications.

Leasowe Lighthouse

WRENN ID: endless-hall-pearl
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wirral
Country: England
Date first listed: 20 May 1952
Type: Lighthouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 09/12/2015

SJ 29 SE 2/47

MORETON, LEASOWE COMMON, Leasowe Lighthouse

(Formerly listed under LEASOWE ROAD (west side), New Brighton, Wallasey)

20.5.52

Lighthouse, disused. Datestone reads: "M W G/1763" (William Gregson, Mayor of Liverpool). For Liverpool Docks Committee. Brick (cavity brickwork). Tapering cylinder of 7 storeys. Segmental-headed windows to south-east and south-west, now blocked. Blocked rectangular aperture to north has plain balcony, probably altered. Segmental-headed entrance to south east has datestone above. Used for navigation with another lighthouse, now demolished. Operated until 1908, no machinery remaining. A relatively early example of a lighthouse.

Listing NGR: SJ2526891296

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