The Day Mark is a Grade II* listed building in the Isles of Scilly local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1959. Beacon.
The Day Mark
- WRENN ID
- winter-vestry-azure
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Isles of Scilly
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1959
- Type
- Beacon
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST. MARTIN'S
SV9lNW The Day Mark 1358-0/2/21 06/04/59
II*
Day mark. Erected 1683 by Thomas Ekins, first steward of the Godophin Family to live on the islands. Rendered granite. Circular tower. 4.8m in diameter and 6.4m high, set back to conical termination making it llm high. Blocked arched entrance door with incorrect date of 1637. It was painted white until 1822 but by 1833 had been painted red, and is now painted in bands of red and white. Ekins encouraged the resettlement of St. Martins from the 1680s. The earliest surviving dated example of a beacon in the British Isles. (Hague D and Christie R: Lighthouses: Their Architecture, History and Archaeology: Llandysul: 1975-: 208; Borlase, W: Observations on ... the Islands of Scilly: Oxford: 1754-: 54).
Listing NGR: SV9418616093
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