Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn
Souter Point Lighthouse, engine house with foghorn
HER Number
              8371
          District
              S Tyneside
          Site Name
              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