The Breakwater And Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Lighthouse, breakwater. 1 related planning application.

The Breakwater And Lighthouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Lighthouse, breakwater
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PLYMOUTH

SX45SE THE SOUND, Plymouth Sound 740-1/7/423 The Breakwater and Lighthouse 01/05/75

II

Breakwater and lighthouse. Begun 1811 by Sir John Rennie, engineer, with William Knight as the resident architect. Completed in 1841 (Pevsner) with a lighthouse at one end. Built of stone with ramped ends. Long rectangular plan plus ends which are splayed in towards the Sound, over 5,000 feet long. Said to have needed 4 1/2 million tons of stone. A remarkable feat of engineering. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 656).

Listing NGR: SX4646950521

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