Lighthouse on North Face of Southsea Castle (Southsea Castle Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Lighthouse.
Lighthouse on North Face of Southsea Castle (Southsea Castle Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- buried-attic-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Lighthouse on North Face of Southsea Castle (Southsea Castle Not Included), Clarence Esplanade, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SZ 643 980
- Coordinates
- 50.77831, -1.08901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lighthouse on the north face of Southsea Castle was built in 1828. It features brick headers painted with black and white bands. There is a door leading off the Western Gallery firing platform. The structure is a short round tower topped with a lantern, an iron gallery, and a tented roof with a ball finial. This lighthouse is situated on the north face of the Western Gallery gun platform of Southsea Castle, which was originally constructed by Henry VIII and has undergone significant later alterations. It serves to mark the deep water channel for vessels entering Portsmouth harbour. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Lighthouse on North Face of Southsea Castle (Southsea Castle Not Included) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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