Tyne and Wear HER(8371): Marsden, Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn - Details
8371
S Tyneside
Marsden, Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn
Marsden
NZ46SW
Maritime
Navigation Aid
Fog Horn
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Structure
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
440850
564180
NZ440850564180
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/56