Marsden, Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn

HER Number:
8371

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Navigation Aid

Site Type: Specific:
Fog Horn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Engine house with foghorn. 1871 by Sir James Douglas for Trinity House, London. Rendered, painted iron horn. One storey, one bay with raised quoins, cornice; door in west side, window in south. Flat roof with drum bearing the horn. Steps and walls; white-rendered serpentine walls with round coping, ending in piers with low pyramidal caps, flank steps up to the wall enclosing the lighthouse; the same type of walling forms an enclosure for the horn. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4085

Northing:
6418

Grid Reference:
NZ40856418

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/56