New Low Light
New Low Light
HER Number
2057
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
New Low Light
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Navigation Aid
Site Type: Specific
Lighthouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The Low Light along with the High Light (HER 2129) provided guidance for ships entering the mouth of the Tyne. Built between 1805 and 1808 to replace the earlier Old Low Light (HER 4557) which, due to changes in the river channels, no longer functioned properly. It was first lit in 1810. {2} Lighthouse and house attached. Now fish processing unit. Lighthouse by John Stokoe, dated 1807, house dated 1816 on door lintel. Lighthouse painted ashlar, lead roof. House English garden wall bond brick with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Lighthouse 6 storeys and lantern. Sash window under first floor cornice. Tapered tower with canted corners. Round-headed windows. Curved railings to lantern stage. Central chimney. House three storeys. 6-panelled door, inserted loading door. On first floor sashes and large round-headed window with stone arch.
Easting
436260
Northing
568410
Grid Reference
NZ436260568410
Sources
<< HER 2057 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
Dodds, M H, 1928, The North Shields Lighthouses; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 15/137;
Dodds, M H, 1928, The North Shields Lighthouses; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 15/137;