Harbour Light Restaurant

The Harbour Light Restaurant is likely a group of buildings, possibly dating back to the 17th century, originally used as fish cellars and net stores associated with the seine fishing industry. They are now largely used as a restaurant with some storage space for ships in the harbour.

The buildings are constructed of colourwashed local red breccia rubble, with a natural slate roof laid in diminishing courses and gabled at the ends. A stack is located at the south end of the south range, although the shaft is obscured by foliage. The plan is a single-depth L-shape, the north range being the longer of the two. A section of the south range was knocked through in the 1930s to provide access to the esplanade.

The exterior presents a 3-window front to the south range and a 7-window, then 2-window front to the north range, which narrows towards the east. Most of the windows are small-pane, 20th-century timber casements with timber lintels and boarded shutters. The first-floor windows have recesses below the sills, suggesting they have been reduced in height. The south range has external breccia steps leading to a covered porch with a 4-pane window. There's a 20th-century three-light window and a boarded door on the ground floor. The north range has three 20th-century doors, one of which is sliding, alongside 7 first-floor windows and 3 ground-floor windows, with fixed-pane windows to the right-hand end. The right-hand gable end retains an industrial character, partly weatherboarded with external timber steps leading to a small door. One large ground- and first-floor doorway is present, with a gantry above the first-floor opening.

The interior has not been inspected, but may retain features of interest. According to Patterson, the buildings may correspond to those described in a deed from 10 July 1654 as “domus piscarie” and “domus cellarium”. A 1938 photograph shows the north range with smaller first-floor windows and boarded loading doors.