The Old Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. Lighthouse.

The Old Lighthouse

WRENN ID
stranded-cellar-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1967
Type
Lighthouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NITON AND WHITWELL

SZ47NW NITON DOWN 1353-0/5/225 The Old Lighthouse 18/01/67

GV II

Unfinished lighthouse. 1785. Low circular tower of 2 storeys built of stone rubble faced with ashlar with upright rectangular window spaces. Trinity House intended it to replace the old mediaeval pharos about 150 metres to the north in the adjoining parish of Chale (qv item ) but the building was abandoned before completion because of the frequent mists which veiled the hill and another lighthouse was not built until 1838-40 by the coast after the wreck of the 'Clarendon' in Chale Bay in 1836, the present St Catherine's Lighthouse. The old lighthouse is locally known as "the Salt Cellar", the mediaeval pharos being known as "the Pepper Pot".

Listing NGR: SZ4942677170

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