Description

EASINGTON SPURN POINT
TA 41 SW
14/6 Spurn Lighthouse
GV II

Lighthouse. 1893-5 by Thomas Matthews for Trinity House. Brick, painted,
on concrete base. Tapered round tower with entrance to west. 6 storeys,
surmounted by lantern; overall height approximately 36 metres. High
chamfered plinth. Flight of 5 stone steps flanked by cast- and wrought-iron
railings with wreathed handrail, column newel and plain balusters. Recessed
double board doors with louvred lower panels and 2-pane overlight beneath
segmental arch. Recessed relief panel above with painted Trinity House
arms, crest and motto "Trinitas in Unitate". Deeply-recessed segmental-
headed windows with projecting sills. Top section corbelled out to light
inspection platform with plain railing. Cylindrical lantern with latticed
glazing bars. Domed cupola with cylindrical ventilator. Built to replace
Smeaton's High Lighthouse of 1771-6, demolished in 1895, and the Low
Lighthouse of 1852 (qv). A prominent landmark, and one of the series of
Humber Estuary lights which included lighthouses at Thorngumbald and South
Killingholme (qv). Ceased operation in 1985. G de Boer, A History of the
Spurn Lighthouses, East Yorkshire Local History Series No 24, 1968, pp 66-8.

Listing NGR: TA4034511239

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Spurn Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26365310

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