Listed Building: LIGHTHOUSE (MARKING ENTRANCE FROM MERSEY ESTUARY TO SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL, BEOFRE SHIP CANAL WAS BUILT) (1130345)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 389, 7, 37
Date assigned 26 August 1971
Date last amended

Description

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON LOWER MERSEY STREET SJ 4077 7/37 Lighthouse (Marking Entrance from Mersey 26.8.71 Estuary to Shropshire Union Canal, before Ship Canal was built) (formerly listed as Lighthouse situated on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal near the end of Lower Mersey Street) GV II 1881, G R Webb, engineer; tapering octagonal tower of red and blue brick carry- ing lantern under shaped octagonal cupola. On site of previous lighthouse (c.1835-1881). Listing NGR: SJ4050577413

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56298. [Mapped features: #2472 56298; #7778 56298]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4050 7741 (2m by 3m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ47NW
Civil Parish ELLESMERE PORT NON-PARISH AREA, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Feb 20 2012 10:45AM