South Foreland Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1987. Lighthouse. 2 related planning applications.

South Foreland Lighthouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1987
Type
Lighthouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TR 34 SE ST MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE THE FRONT (south Foreland) 6/58 South Foreland Lighthouse

II

Lighthouse and outbuildings. Built 1793, rebuilt 1843. Rendered, with slate roofs. Irregular octagon with flanking wings. The tower is of 3 storeys on a plinth, with machicolations and battlemented parapet. Lantern with ball finial and weather vane. Single storey outbuildings with plinth and parapet and low hipped roof with 2 cast iron chimney pots. Projecting canted bay window on main facade, and projecting return wing both with pediment-shaped parapets and Trinity House emblems. Linked to tower by short wing with four centred arched doorway. Main entry to tower with pointed arch on attached shafts. With the first permanent electric lamp in the country (installed 1872, only the Lizard Light is more powerful on the south coast).

Listing NGR: TR3591143305

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