Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5744
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1988
Date of Amendment
29/03/1996
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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