Low Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1964. A C19 Lighthouse, museum.

Low Lighthouse

WRENN ID
forbidden-cornice-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1964
Type
Lighthouse, museum
Source
Historic England listing

Description

HARWICH

TM2632SW THE ESPLANADE 609-1/3/107 Low Lighthouse 30/06/64 (Formerly Listed as: HARWICH GREEN Low Lighthouse)

GV II

Former lighthouse, now maritime museum. 1818. By John Rennie the Elder. For General Rebow. Yellow stock bricks with stone dressings now all white painted. Tapering 10-sided shaft with black painted stone 'tent' roof with cornice overhang and lotus finial. 3 adjoining faces to SE and back for light opening, but now faced with painted timber panels. Timber balcony all round with tubular metal handrail. Low pitched felt roof around base, part open on thin columns and part enclosed in C20 painted brickwork. Small windows with prominent hoodmoulds. Similar in detail to High Lighthouse but character changed as result of the painting of cladding materials.

Listing NGR: TM2628332328

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