Marsden, Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn

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
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
440850
Northing
564180
Grid Reference
NZ440850564180
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/56