Lighthouse living

Over the past five years, sculptor Randy Polumbo has converted part of the interior of the Orient Point Light into an artist’s residency.

Looking to stay in a lighthouse? Find safe harbour in the UK’s best lighthouse stays, from a remote Scottish beacon to a vertiginous County Down tower

Private ownership of U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses is steadily increasing. Is that good or bad?

I'd been wanting to do a fun cross section of a lighthouse for ages, so one Christmas I did this one for my nephew and neice. There's something very romantic and appealing about the thought of living in a lighthouse, being all cosily tucked up inside whilst stormy seas break against the sides. The reality is that I'm terrible with heights and being in the top of a lighthouse with a gale blowing outside would probably terrify me.

Once reserved solely for fisher folk, some lighthouses in the UK have been converted into holiday homes, apartments and hotels.

Unlike an inn in Barnstable, Borden Flats Lighthouse, which Nick Korstad has owned for three years, doesn’t have running water. There is no Wi-Fi and no complimentary beach pass, and he certainly isn’t going to serve you pancakes in the morning.

Wicklow Head Lighthouse, Wicklow Picture: Living room - Check out Tripadvisor members' 109 candid photos and videos.

Cross-section of New Eddystone Light — Light, Keeper Quarters, Fuel & Oil Storage, General Storage, Work room & Lantern all in one tower.