The Macclean Dome At The Norman Lockyer Observatory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Observatory.
The Macclean Dome At The Norman Lockyer Observatory
- WRENN ID
- fading-cellar-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Observatory
- Address
- The Macclean Dome At The Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 139 883
- Coordinates
- 50.68824, -3.21992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The McClean dome at the Norman Lockyer Observatory is an observatory dome built around 1912. It has a diameter of 6 meters and is constructed from concrete blocks with an aluminum dome. The structure features two light casement windows and an entrance extension with a boarded door. It was specifically designed to house twin equatorial 300mm refractors made by Crubb for Sir Norman Lockyer, intended for research on the spectra of bright-line stars.
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