Light House, The Harbour (South pier), Donaghadee, Co Down

Round, tapering, light house completed in 1834 and situated at the N end of the S pier of Donaghadee Harbour. The tower of the light house is four storeys high and topped with a octagonal ‘house’ for the lantern itself. The tower is constructed of horizontally grooved (rusticated) Anglesea limestone and is painted white. It rests upon a sturdy curved base (painted black). To the W ‘side’, and rising up through the base, is the equally sturdy looking doorway with broad plain ‘pilasters’ on tall thick bases and broad, squat, curved brackets supporting a thick plain entablature. There is a copper dedication plaque in the centre of the entablature, place there when the lantern was converted to electricity in 1934. The panelled door itself is recessed. Around the base are simple wrought iron railings with a gate directly in front of the door. To the N and S ‘sides’ of the tower are three narrow recessed two pane windows (one each to the ground, first and second floors on both ‘sides’). At the top of the tower is a corbelled platform on which rests the lantern house, which itself has a ‘battered’ base and curved cap. There are wrought iron railings at the edge of the platform. Directly below the corbelling are several tiny recessed windows.