Black Nore Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 2011. Lighthouse.
Black Nore Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- open-pillar-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 2011
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Black Nore Lighthouse, Black Nore Point, Portishead
- OS grid reference
- ST 445 764
- Coordinates
- 51.4847, -2.80064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Black Nore Lighthouse is a Grade II listed structure made of a riveted cast-iron frame that is painted white. It features a tapering, round tower divided into three stages, standing approximately 11 metres high.
The exterior of the lighthouse includes a tall first stage with openwork canted stanchions and x-frame ties or tension rods. This latticework design was used to minimize wind resistance. An external iron ladder provides access to an entrance hatch located beneath the second stage. The second stage contains porthole openings and a gallery with metal railings, supported by angled brackets. Above the gallery, the lantern stage features a fixed rectangular window made of storm panes, with V-profile metal glazing bars. The tower is topped with a domed cupola cap that has a ventilator. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Black Nore Lighthouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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