Old Hunstanton Lighthouse

Old Hunstanton Lighthouse

File:Hunstanton Lighthouse.jpg Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
Location	St Edmund’s Point, Norfolk, England
Coordinates
Year first lit	1840
Deactivated	1922
Construction	Masonry
Tower shape	circular
Characteristic	Now a Private residence
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	20 September 1984
Reference no.	490402

Old Hunstanton Lighthouse is located in Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. The present lighthouse was built in 1840 although there has been a Lighthouse on the site since 1665. This first lighthouse was built of wood with an iron basket of burning coals as a light. Hunstanton lighthouse had the world's first parabolic reflector which was built here in 1776. The present lighthouse ceased operations in 1922, since when it has been a private residence and a Holiday Let.

Gallery

• RemainsOfStEdmundsChapelAndLighthouseHunstanton(ChristineMatthews)Jul1992.jpg

  Remains of St Edmund's Chapel and Lighthouse.

• Hunstanton lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 837014.jpg

  Close-up view

• The Old Lighthouse, Hunstanton, 19 05 2010.JPG

  Plaque outside the lighthouse

• Hunstanton lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 837015.jpg

  Another view

• Hunstanton lighthouse - plaque - geograph.org.uk - 837018.jpg

  Trinity House coat of arms on the tower