1016, BDB 86/1/309 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.1016
Walney Lighthouse
1910s
View of octagonal tower with railings around a walkway outside the lamp room. Coastguard cottages in front of the tower and outbuildings and a walled garden behind. This is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria. Completed in 1804, the stone lighthouse and its attached cottages actually predate Barrow and its port. The structure was built to replace a smaller wooden lighthouse that was constructed by the Lancaster Quay Commissioners in 1790 to aid in navigation towards the docks at Glasson. The original lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1803 and was swiftly replaced by the lighthouse of today.
1016, BDB 86/1/309 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.1016
Walney Lighthouse
1910s
View of octagonal tower with railings around a walkway outside the lamp room. Coastguard cottages in front of the tower and outbuildings and a walled garden behind. This is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria. Completed in 1804, the stone lighthouse and its attached cottages actually predate Barrow and its port. The structure was built to replace a smaller wooden lighthouse that was constructed by the Lancaster Quay Commissioners in 1790 to aid in navigation towards the docks at Glasson. The original lighthouse was destroyed by fire in 1803 and was swiftly replaced by the lighthouse of today.
| Location: | Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/309 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 1016 |
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