Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8576 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | The Lighthouse |
|---|
Summary
A circular lighthouse of brick and stone and its adjoining building, dating to 1840, on the site of earlier lighthouses. It went out of use in 1921 and became a holiday home. In World War Two the brick and concrete stage above the gallery was added and it was used as an observation post for Winterton Emergency Coastal Battery. Later part of a holiday complex, the lighthouse is now two private dwellings, one in the tower and the other in the adjoining building.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4969 1921 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TG41NE |
|---|
| Parish: | WINTERTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
History mainly based on information from (S1).
Tower 19m (62 fee) high with associated buildings. Brick and masonry, circular, not tapered.
Brick and concrete above level of gallery added during World War Two.
Trinity House coat of arms in Coade Stone.
1616/1618. First lighthouse built on or near this site. Destroyed by fire. (S3).
1687 Octagonal tower. Privately owned by the Turner family.
1836. Bought out by Trinity House.
1840/1867. Present light house built.
1921. Light extinguished. Then became a holiday home. Occupied by Viscount Elmley, MP.
World War Two. Military lookout.
1972. Part of Hermanus holiday complex.
2000. Now two private dwellings; one in the tower, the other in the fare building.
The original owner was entitled to a penny a ton for every ship that sailed within the light. (S1).
(S2) seems to make two lighthouses here.
D. Gurney (NLA), 28 December 2000.
(S4) quotes date of first lighthouse as 1616. There were indeed two lights, one on the beach and one on the cliffs, the lower light was not privately owned. Date of present tower given as 1840. Converted to house 1922, made into military lookout post in World War Two, now residential again.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 January 2001.
Some of the above information may be a confusion with Winterton Ness Lighthouse.
See NHER 44513.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 August 2001.
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The lighthouse described above was used as the Battery Observation Post for Winterton Emergency Coastal Battery. The adjoining buildings were also used by the garrison (see NHER 35863).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 January 2006.
Monument Types
- LIGHTHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LIGHTHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BATTERY OBSERVATION POST (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY OBSERVATION SITE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- OBSERVATION POST (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Brown, P.. 2000. Winterton-on-Sea: Village Survey.. NIAS Journal. Vol 6, No 5, pp 71-84. p 77. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 41 NE 20. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1899. Hundreds of East and West Flegg. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol IV. p 125. |
| <S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S3> | Publication: Hague, Christy. 1975. Lighthouses. pp.31-2, 51, 58, 103. |
| <S4> | Publication: Long, N.. Lights of East Anglia. pp 31-51. |
Related records
| 35863 | Related to: World War Two Emergency Coastal Battery at Winterton on Sea (Monument) |
Find out more...