Lighthouse on West Pier is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1985. Lighthouse. 1 related planning application.
Lighthouse on West Pier
- WRENN ID
- knotted-minaret-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1985
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Lighthouse on West Pier, Ramsgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 384 642
- Coordinates
- 51.32769, 1.4215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lighthouse on the West Pier in Ramsgate was built in 1842 by John Shaw. It is constructed from Cornish granite, glass, and iron. The lighthouse features a cylindrical granite column with a moulded base and entablature, and the frieze is inscribed three times with the words "Perfugium Miseris." There is a south western doorway that has a three-panel iron door, with a date stone above it reading "AD MD CCCXCII." At the top, there is an octagonal glass lantern with an iron cornice decorated with shells, along with a ball finial and a weather vane. The lighthouse contains a 150-watt lamp with a stepped lens, providing a light range of 7 miles. This structure replaced an earlier lighthouse designed by Benjamin Wyatt, which was too close to the pier head and had been damaged by the masts of overhanging ships.
Local climate
Lighthouse on West Pier sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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