The Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1966. Lighthouse. 1 related planning application.

The Lighthouse

WRENN ID
spare-pewter-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency
Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1966
Type
Lighthouse
Address
The Lighthouse, Lighthouse Road, Flamborough, YO15 1AR
OS grid reference
TA 254 706
Coordinates
54.11642, -0.08257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1806 and raised in 1925, designed by John Matson of Bridlington for Trinity House. It is constructed of rendered brick with stone dressings and features cast and wrought iron elements. The conical tower stands about 27 metres high from the ground to the balcony. It has a high chamfered plinth and casement windows with stone surrounds, topped with low pediments over the lintels. A deep moulded cornice is located below the cast-iron balcony, which is adorned with moulded newels and mushroom finials. At the top, there is a lantern store with a weather-vane above.

Inside, the lighthouse contains a basement oil store with a brick dome, and a spiral stone stair with slender square-section balusters that support a wrought-iron handrail. A central cast-iron tube rises through the full height of the lighthouse, designed for driving-weights. The lamp is supported on six cast-iron pillars that hold pointed arches with decoratively pierced spandrels.

Local climate

The Lighthouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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