Spurn Lighthouse

Spurn Lighthouse is a lighthouse built between 1893 and 1895 by Thomas Matthews for Trinity House. It is constructed of painted brick on a concrete base and features a tapered round tower with an entrance on the west side. The lighthouse has six storeys and reaches an overall height of approximately 36 metres. It has a high chamfered plinth and a flight of five stone steps that are flanked by cast- and wrought-iron railings, complete with a wreathed handrail, column newel, and plain balusters.

The entrance consists of recessed double board doors with louvred lower panels and a two-pane overlight beneath a segmental arch. Above the doors is a recessed relief panel displaying the painted arms, crest, and motto "Trinitas in Unitate" of Trinity House. The lighthouse features deeply-recessed segmental-headed windows with projecting sills. The top section of the tower is corbelled out to provide an inspection platform with a plain railing. The cylindrical lantern has latticed glazing bars, and there is a domed cupola with a cylindrical ventilator.

Spurn Lighthouse was built to replace Smeaton's High Lighthouse, which was constructed between 1771 and 1776 and demolished in 1895, as well as the Low Lighthouse built in 1852. It is a prominent landmark and part of a series of lights in the Humber Estuary, which also included lighthouses at Thorngumbald and South Killingholme. The lighthouse ceased operation in 1985.