Description

ST MERRYN TREVOSE HEAD
SW 87 NE
1/275 Trevose Lighthouse

II

Light house. 1847. Built by Jacob and Thomas Oliver and sons of Falmouth. White
painted masonry.
Plan: Circular tower with low single storey entrance block flanked by 2 low single
storey dwelling blocks in overall 'V' shaped plan.
Exterior: White tower of approximately 87 feet with parapet walkway and lantern
surmounted by weather-vain. Single storey pedimented entrance block with central
entrance flanked by 2 low single storey dwelling blocks with C20 windows.
Interior: Thick fog prevented full inspection and internal inspection at time of
survey.
Fog signal not installed until 1882 when it was given its first major overhaul and
updating.
Ingrey, J. St Merryn, its bays and byways 1983
Pevsner N. and Radcliffe, E. The Buildings of England, Cornwall, 2nd edition, 1970
Mudd, D. Cornish Sea Lights, 1978

Listing NGR: SW8507876563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Trevose Head Lighthouse at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2686896

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)