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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SE 553 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | LIGHTHOUSE ON WEST PIER |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1842 to 1842.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3846 6429 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1842 AD to 1842 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR TR 3864 SW 19/349 Lighthouse on West Pier 30.10.85 GV II Lighthouse. 1842 by John Shaw. Cornish granite, glass and iron. Cylindrical column of granite with moulded base and entablature, the frieze inscribed 3 times: Perfugium Miseris. South western doorway with 3 panel iron door and date stone over: AD MD CCCXCII. Octagonal glass lantern with iron cornice ornamented with shells, and with ball finial and weather vane. Contains 150 watt lamp with stepped lens with light range of 7 miles. Replaced an earlier Benjamin Wyatt lighthouse which had been too close to the pier head, and damaged by overhanging ships masts. (Busson, Cap. 3; Matkin, Maritime Thanet).
Listing NGR: TR3846164290
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
Related records
| TR 36 SE 649 | Part of: THE WEST PIER, BOLLARDS, IRON CRANE AND FAIRLEADS (Listed Building) |
