Trevose Head Lighthouse
Trevose Head Lighthouse
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Trevose Head Cornwall England |
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| Coordinates | 50°32′57″N 5°02′07″W / 50.549246°N 5.035173°WCoordinates: 50°32′57″N 5°02′07″W / 50.549246°N 5.035173°W |
| Year first constructed | 1847 |
| Automated | 1995 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to the keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Focal height | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Current lens | 1st order 3 panel catadioptric |
| Intensity | 279,000 candela |
| Range | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 7.5s. |
| Fog signal | 2 blasts every 30s. |
| Admiralty number | A5638 |
| NGA number | 6272 |
| ARLHS number | ENG-157 |
| Managing agent |
Rural Retreats |
| Heritage |
Grade II listed building 
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Rural Retreats
Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at grid reference SW850766 lying to the WSW of Padstow and was sited here as there was previously no light from Land's End to Lundy and would be visible from Cape Cornwall to Hartland Point.
After completion of the first tower, it was determined that the light was under certain circumstances liable to be mistaken by mariners. A second lower light was therefore proposed and constructed 50 feet in front of the first light, with a covered passage between them for use by the lighthouse keepers. Only the first built 'high' light now remains.
The tower is 27 metres (89 ft) tall, and has a range of 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi), but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse, over 35 miles (56 km) away. These days, the lighthouse is largely used as holiday accommodation.
Designed by engineer James Walker the two original lights, 'high' and 'low', were constructed under the supervision of Henry Norris by builders Jacob & Thomas Olver of Falmouth with the Fresnel lens supplied by Henry Lépaute of Paris and the lamp with 4 concentric wicks & frame manufactured by Messrs. Wilkins & Co. of Long Acre.
The site was surveyed by order of the Trinity Board in July 1844 with a design submitted that November and approved February 1845. Building began in that May with the laying out of the road and contract entered into with the builders the next month. During gales on 20-21 November 1846 scaffolding attached to the tower was blown away.
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