Burnham High Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Lighthouse, cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Burnham High Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- peeling-soffit-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Lighthouse, cottage
- Address
- Burnham High Lighthouse, Berrow Road, Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge, TA8 2HN
- OS grid reference
- ST 303 504
- Coordinates
- 51.2489, -2.99907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burnham High Lighthouse, built in the mid-19th century, stands with two light-keepers' cottages. The lighthouse is a tall, circular structure that tapers upwards, topped with a low conical roof. It has small rectangular windows on the north and south sides, and a viewing platform with a light opening on its seaward side. Each of the single-storey cottages, located to either side of the lighthouse, has two bays and features 16-pane sash windows within segmental-headed reveals. A roofed section connects the lighthouse to number 81, providing a doorway with sidelights and a six-panelled door. A similar doorway on the side of number 83 has been replaced with a sash window. A 20th-century addition has been made to the right return of number 83. A later 20th-century addition is present to the left return of number 81. The lighthouse and cottages are rendered in whitewash and have hipped slate roofs. Each cottage is crowned with a group of four octagonal stacks at its apex. The structure demonstrates group value in its cohesive design and association with maritime history.
Local climate
Burnham High Lighthouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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