Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
5744
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/07/1988  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Lighthouse on Holyhead Breakwater  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Holyhead  
Town
 
Locality
Soldier's Point  
Easting
225676  
Northing
384753  
Street Side
 
Location
Set on ovoid platform forming the outer end of the long breakwater stretching into Holyhead Bay.  

Description


Broad Class
Maritime  
Period
 

History
The precise date of the lighthouse is unknown, though a publication of 1871 suggests that it was built in 1850. If so, it may have been designed by J.M.Rendell who was the engineer who prepared the plans for the breakwater in 1845. However it has also been attributed to John Hawkshaw, the superintending engineer who completed the breakwater between 1857 and 1873.  

Exterior
Square, tapering 3-storey masonry tower 19.2m high and ainted in black and white bands. Chamfered angles and stepped plinth. Raised surrounds to openings and matching recesses. Roll-moulding over ground floor; moulded cornice supports walkway around circular lantern. Lantern has latticework glazing and domed cap surmounted by weather vane and ball finial.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
An important component of the engineering works of the Holyhead Breakwater, and a very good example of an harbour light retaining its original character.  

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